Identifying gaps in health system governance to eliminate informal patient payments [PDF]
Eur J Public HealthAbstract Background Informal patient payments continue to exist in many European countries. These payments might take various forms but can be broadly defined as any payments in addition to formal fees determined by the terms of entitlement.
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Informal Patient Payments in Central and Eastern European Countries [PDF]
, 2021 Informal payments for health care services are a well-known phenomenon in many health care systems around the world. Deeply ingrained informal practices accepted by both providers and consumers, and neglected by the government, seem to be a major impediment to ongoing health care reforms.
Stepurko, T., Stepurko, Tetiana
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Informal payments for health care services: The case of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine [PDF]
Journal of Eurasian Studies, 2015 This paper analyzes patterns of tips, gifts and bribes paid by patients for health care services. Informal payments are more prevalent in developing and transition countries because the economic and socio-cultural environment is more conducive to “gifts”-
Tetiana Stepurko +4 more
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Beyond the price tag: a scoping review of the determinants of informal payments in health systems and strategies for curbing them [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Informal payments (IPs) remain a persistent challenge across health systems worldwide and may undermine equity, transparency, and public trust in healthcare delivery.
Faride Sadat Jalali +3 more
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Patterns of informal patient payments in Bulgaria, Hungary and Ukraine: a comparison across countries, years and type of services [PDF]
Health Policy and Planning, 2016 Informal payments for health care are a well-known phenomenon in many health care systems around the world. While informal payments could be an important source of health care financing, they have an adverse impact on efficiency and access to care, and are a major impediment to ongoing health care reforms.
Stepurko, Tetiana +4 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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User costs and informal payments for care in the largest maternity hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal [PDF]
, 2012 Background: Maternity care costs in Nepal include formal and informal payment. Formal include for example the cost for blood or drugs; Informal payments can be voluntary such as gratitude payments, or bribes which patients are ‘expected’ to pay to get ...
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Informal payments by patients in Croatia: benign custom or detrimental residue from socialism?
Croatian Review of Economic, Business and Social Statistics, 2019 Almost three decades after the collapse of the socialist system, numerous informal practices inherited from that period have remained deeply entrenched in the Croatian economy and society.
Franić Josip, Kojouharov Anton
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Exploring consumers' attitudes towards informal patient payments using the combined method of cluster and multinomial regression analysis--the case of Hungary. [PDF]
BMC Health Serv Res, 2013 Previous studies on informal patient payments have mostly focused on the magnitude and determinants of these payments while the attitudes of health care actors towards these payments are less well known. This study aims to reveal the attitudes of Hungarian health care consumers towards informal payments to provide a better understanding of this ...
Baji P, Pavlova M, Gulácsi L, Groot W.
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Health Economics, Policy and LawIn Ukraine, patients and their family members face numerous barriers to health care services. In response, they use coping strategies, that are manifold and complex activities aimed at overcoming these barriers, the financial burden of the treatment, and
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