| dc.contributor.author | Mwabu, Germano | |
| dc.contributor.author | wang'ombe, Joseph | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-02-26T06:44:39Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1995 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Applied Economics Letters, 1996,3,213-215 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/11283 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Provision of mortuary services free of char ge in a government hospital in rural Kenya is found to have led to a black market trade in these services. The principal participants in the market were the mortuary attendants and bereaved families. A method is developed for determining black market expenditures on mortuary services at a government hospital. On average, a bereaved family spent about US $2.30 on mortuary services. Burial expenses were also substantial, amounting to some US $75 per bereaved family. It is shown that free provision of mortuary services in government hospitals has a hidden cost, that could exceed the fee that users can be expected to pay openly | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.title | Black market trade: | en |
| dc.title.alternative | an example from a rural hospital in Kenya | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Economics, Kenyatta University | en |
| local.publisher | Department of Community Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi | en |
