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Social Science & Medicine, 2022 Informal payment for medical services is a common phenomenon in China. Patients make informal payments, in cash or in kind, to physicians in addition to official charges billed for medical services. This paper assesses the associations between patients' perceptions of the physician as an agent for the patient's interests (physician agency problem) and ...
Mingqiang, Li +2 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Our objective was to examine conflicts of interest between the UK's health-focused All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) and the pharmaceutical industry between 2012 and 2018. APPGs are informal cross-party groups revolving around a particular topic run
Emily Rickard, Piotr Ozieranski
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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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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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The Effect of Doctor’s Payment Method on Patient’s Medical Care Use: Revisit of the Patient’s Asymmetric Information Problem [PDF]
KDI Journal of Economic Policy, 2011 Although the patient’s problem with access to health information has been improved due to rapidly developing information technologies, such as the internet, some patients still do not have enough ability to understand, interpret, and analyze the health information.
Jo, Chang ik, Lim, Jae-Young
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Comparing cost-sharing practices for pharmaceuticals and health care services among four central European countries [PDF]
, 2012 The paper reviews the existing cost-sharing practices in four Central European countries namely the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia focusing on patient co-payments for pharmaceuticals and services covered by the social health insurance.
Boncz, I. +11 more
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Who is making informal payments for public healthcare in East-Central Europe? An evaluation of socio-economic and spatial variations [PDF]
Eastern Journal of European Studies, 2016 Informal patient payments are a widespread phenomenon in post-communist countries. In order to identify who is more likely to make informal payments in East-Central Europe, a 2013 survey is used. Reporting data from Special Eurobarometer No.
Colin WILLIAMS +2 more
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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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Access to health care and Informal Patient Payments for health care in Serbia
European Journal of Public Health, 2020 Abstract Background Evidence often shows that migrants in the European region have poor access to quality health care. Having a large number of migrants seeking towards Europe, crossing through i.e.
Buch Mejsner, S +2 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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