Informal payments and intra-household allocation of resources for health care in Albania
Open Access
- 23 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Health Services Research
- Vol. 12 (1) , 17
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-12-17
Abstract
Informal payments for health care services can impose financial hardship on households. Many studies have found that the position within the household can influence the decision on how much is spent on each household member. This study analyses the intra-household differences in spending on informal payments for health care services by comparing the resources allocated between household heads, spouses and children.Keywords
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