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dc.contributor.authorShort, Stephanie
dc.contributor.authorToneva, Zdravka Dimitrova
dc.contributor.authorHadjiev, Valentin
dc.contributor.editorFran Collyer
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:59:23Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:59:23Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.identifier.issn14461242
dc.identifier.doi10.5172/hesr.2007.16.2.130
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/18935
dc.description.abstractThis article deals with the social democratic aspiration of equitable access to health care in Bulgaria, a country in transition since 1989 from communism and a command economy to democracy and a free market. The focus is on access to health services and resources after the introduction of a universal health insurance system, with particular reference to formal and informal out-of-pocket payments for health care. The paper reports empirical results from a national household expenditure survey, supplemented with a semi-structured interview, conducted at the end of the survey period (April-May 2002). The results bring to light the groups in society who suffer most in this scenario: the poor, Roma, older persons and those living in towns and villages. The study reveals that the stated aim of the National Health Insurance Fund, to provide equitable access to health care, is a mirage rather than a reality, as the vast bulk of health care is self funded. This paper has particular significance for understanding the challenges faced by post-communiststates in their attempts to achieve social democratic health care reforms.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publishereContent Management
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom130
dc.relation.ispartofpageto145
dc.relation.ispartofjournalHealth Sociology Review
dc.relation.ispartofvolume16
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1608
dc.titleOn the inequitable impact of universal health insurance: the experience of Bulgaria in transition
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Public Health
gro.date.issued2015-04-10T00:53:04Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorShort, Stephanie D.
gro.griffith.authorHadjiev, Valentin D.


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