Informal payments in health facilities in Peru in 2018: Analysis of a cross-sectional survey. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthBackgroundThe Latin American region demonstrates the lowest levels of trust in health systems globally. Institutional corruption is a major factor in eroding trust.
Laura Espinoza-Pajuelo +3 more
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Does health insurance coverage reduce informal payments? Evidence from the “red envelopes” in China [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2020 Background Representing a major threat to both equity and efficiency of health systems, the corrupt practice of informal payments is widely found in developing and transition countries.
Ning Liu, Guoxian Bao, Alex Jingwei He
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Informal payments for modern family planning methods at public facilities in Tanzania: room for improvement [PDF]
Human Resources for Health, 2022 Background Financial access to family planning (FP) is essential to the health and well-being of women in Tanzania. Tanzanian policy dictates that FP methods and services obtained at public facilities are provided for free.
Clara E. Busse +2 more
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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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Informal Payments in Healthcare: A Case Study of Kerman Province in Iran [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2013 BackgroundInformal payments for health care, which are common in many countries, can have negative effects on health care access, equity and health status as they lead people to forgo or delay seeking care, or to sell assets to pay for care.
Mahmood Nekoeimoghadam +3 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 ...
Simkhada, Padam +4 more
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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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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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Socio-demographic factors, informal payments and satisfaction with childbirth in the Hungarian context [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthObjective This study aims to investigate the impact of socio-demographic factors on childbirth satisfaction in Hungary, with a particular focus on the role of informal payments.
Orsolya Udvari, Ivett Szalma
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Evaluation of informal payments to health care professionals and the influential factors in Urmia city hospitals, Iran [PDF]
Journal of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, 2018 Informal payments refer to sums that patients may pay to individual or organizational health care providers outside of the official payment channels or approved fee schedules.
Abdolvahed Khodamoradi +3 more
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