Unpacking the red packets: institution and informal payments in healthcare in China
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Institutional theory; Healthcare; Informal payments; Informal institutions;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
- H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government
- I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
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