Does the Implementation of Official User Charges Help to Eradicate Informal Payments – Lessons to be Learnt from the Hungarian Experience
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1 Department of Health Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary, 2 Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE-EI), Prague, Czech Republic, 3 Department of Health Services Research, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, 4 Topinstitute for Evidence-Based Education Research (TIER), Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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