Goal 1: mobilising revenues
The cost of free healthcare: under-the-counter payments in Bulgaria
The cost of free healthcare: under-the- counter payments in Bulgaria
Authors:
Evgenia Delcheva; Dina Balabanova; Martin McKee
Publisher:
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 1997
Recent political, social and economic changes in Bulgaria have led to increased demands on health services against a backdrop of falling government revenue. How can the health system make up this budgetary shortfall? What is the extent of ‘under-the-counter’ payments for healthcare? Would patients be prepared to pay formal user fees instead?
