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Appraising the financial reform in Bulgarian public health care sector: the health insurance act of 1998

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  • Groot, Wim
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  • Pavlova, Milena & Groot, Wim & van Merode, Frits, 2000. "Appraising the financial reform in Bulgarian public health care sector: the health insurance act of 1998," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 53(3), pages 185-199, October.
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    2. Thijs Schoot & Milena Pavlova & Elka Atanasova & Wim Groot, 2017. "Preferences of Bulgarian consumers for quality, access and price attributes of healthcare services—result of a discrete choice experiment," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(1), pages 47-71, January.
    3. Atanasova, Elka & Pavlova, Milena & Velickovski, Robert & Nikov, Bogomil & Moutafova, Emanuela & Groot, Wim, 2011. "What have 10 years of health insurance reforms brought about in Bulgaria? Re-appraising the Health Insurance Act of 1998," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 102(2), pages 263-269.
    4. Habbani, Khalid & Groot, Wim & Jelovac, Izabela, 2006. "Household health-seeking behaviour in Khartoum, Sudan: The willingness to pay for public health services if these services are of good quality," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 75(2), pages 140-158, January.

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