## Abstract Informal payments are known to be widespread in the postβcommunist health care systems of Central and Eastern Europe. However, their role and nature remains contentious, with the debate characterized by much polemic. This paper steps back from this debate to examine the theoretical basi
Connected for health: The potential of health information and communications technologies to reduce health care disparities
β Scribed by Ignatius Bau
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 100
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0027-9013
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