Explaining informal patient payments through gaps in governance – a comparative assessment of health system governance in three European countries [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Informal patient payments remain a problem in many European health care systems, and poor health system governance is recognized as a key factor driving their persistence.
Marzena Tambor +4 more
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Exploring drivers and management strategies of informal patient payments in hospitals: A qualitative study in Iran. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundInformal patient payments remain a persistent and multifaceted challenge in many health systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
Ali Reza Yusefi, Jamshid Bahmaei
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Informal payments and the illusion of free care: a perspective from Somalia’s fragile health system [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in HealthUniversal Health Coverage (UHC) promises access to care without financial hardship, yet in many low- and middle-income settings this ideal is undermined by pervasive informal payments. This perspective introduces the concept of the “illusion of free care”
Ilyas Abdullahi Khalif +5 more
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Household health-seeking behaviour and response to Informal payment: does economic status matter? [PDF]
Health Economics ReviewIntroduction Corruption is a major factor that influences health seeking behaviour. However, there is paucity of empirical evidence from research on how corruption affects different population groups when they seek healthcare services from formal ...
Chukwudi Nwokolo +5 more
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Payment compliance of informal sector workers in Indonesia National Health Insurance: a study on ability and willingness to pay [PDF]
Health Economics ReviewBackground Currently, the Indonesian National Health Insurance (NHI) covers over 90% of the population. However, around 18% of the enrolees are inactive, failing to pay premiums regularly, with proportions varying across membership types.
Muhammad Syamsu Hidayat +9 more
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objective We aimed to determine the out-of-pocket (OOP) costs for medical care of injured patients and the proportion of patients encountering catastrophic costs.Design Prospective cohort studySetting Emergency department (ED) of a tertiary-level ...
Ellen J Weber +10 more
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Informal payments in Romanian health care system. A sample selection correction
Sociologie Românească, 2020 This paper draws on economic theory, sociology and political science approaches to explain informal payments in the Romanian health care system. It estimates the likelihood of paying a bribe (informal payment) using a reduced health care demand equation ...
Bianca Buligescu, Henry Espinoza Peňa
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BMC Health Services Research, 2021 Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV can generate costs both within and outside the health sector (i.e. intersectoral costs). This systematic review aims (i) to explore the intersectoral costs associated with STIs and HIV considered ...
Lena Schnitzler +4 more
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Cost of childbirth in Upper West Region of Ghana: a cross-sectional study
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022 Background Out-of-pocket payment (OOPP) is reported to be a major barrier to seeking maternal health care especially among the poor and can expose households to a risk of catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment.This study examined the OOPPs women ...
Maxwell A. Dalaba +6 more
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Appraisals of Childbirth Experience in Hungary
Social Sciences, 2021 The main focus of our research is to identify the factors that impact childbirth experience positively and negatively, with special attention to the case of caesarean sections. Drawing on a telephone survey conducted over four years between 2021 and 2018,
Ágnes Engler +4 more
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