Title: Trends in out-of-pocket payments for health care in Kyrgyzstan, 2001-2007

Authors: Falkingham, Jane and Akkazieva, Baktygul and Baschieri, Angela

Place: Oxford [etc.]

Publisher: Oxford university press [etc.]

Year: 2010

Journal: Health policy and planning

Volume: vol. 25, no. 5

PAGE: 427--436

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health economics, health policy, health services, poverty, kyrgyzstan

Abstract: This article discusses trends in out-of-pocket payments for health care in Kyrgyzstan over the period 2001-2007, when reforms of the system of health care finance were being rolled out. It shows that there has been a significant improvement in financial access to health care amongst the population.

URL: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/25/5/427.full.pdf+html

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