Exploring corruption in the South African health sector
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Exploring corruption in the South African health sector.
Recent scholarly attention has focused on weak governance and the negative effects of corruption on the provision of health services. Employing agency theory, this article discusses corruption in the South African health sector. We used a combination of research methods and triangulated data from three sources: Auditor-General of South Africa reports for each province covering a 9-year period; ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Policy and Planning
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0268-1080,1460-2237
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv047