Title:
Health care-seeking behaviour and out-of-pocket payments in Tbilisi, Georgia
Authors:
Gotsadze, George
Year:
2005
Journal:
Health policy and planning
Volume:
20(2005)4
PAGE:
232--242
Subject:
Health and Poverty
Keywords:
primary health care, health economics, georgia
Abstract:
This paper examines patterns of health care-seeking behaviour and the extent of out-of-pocket payments in Tbilisi, Georgia. Results show that health care services are a financial burden and that private (out-of-pocket) payment creates financial barriers to accessing health services.
URL:
http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/20/4/232.pdf
Document type:
Portal