Out-of-Pocket Patient Payments for Public Health Care Services in Bulgaria
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1 Department of Health Economics and Management, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Varna, Varna, Bulgaria, 2 Department of Health Services Research, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, CAPHRI, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, 3 Topinstitute Evidence-Based Education Research (TIER), Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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