Who is making informal payments for public healthcare in East-Central Europe? An evaluation of socio-economic and spatial variations
| Autor: | Colin Williams, Horodnic, Ioana A., Horodnic, Adrian V. |
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Korruption
Rytų Europa (Eastern Europe) Gesundheitswesen corruption Vengrija (Hungary) Informal payments informal payments informal patient payments socio-economic variations East Central Europe Sveikata / Health Slovakija (Slovakia) Lietuva (Lithuania) postsozialistisches Land Social sciences sociology anthropology Neoficialūs mokėjimai Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Socialiniai ir ekonominiai skirtumai Health Policy Gesundheitsversorgung öffentlicher Sektor public health public sector Socialiniai ekonominiai kintamieji health care Socio-economic variations Ostmitteleuropa Informal patient payments health care delivery system ddc:300 post-socialist country East-Central Europe Gesundheitspolitik Bulgarija (Bulgaria) Rumunija (Romania) Centrinė Europa (Central Europe) |
| Zdroj: | Publons Eastern journal of European studies 2016, 7, 1, p. 49-61. Eastern Journal of European Studies |
| ISSN: | 2068-6633 |
| Popis: | 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. 397 ('Corruption'), the finding is that patients in Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania are significantly more likely to make extra informal payments or to give valuable gifts to medical practitioners or to make a hospital donation additional to the official fees. Women are more likely to make informal payments for healthcare services whilst unemployed patients or those never or almost never having difficulties in paying bills are less likely to make informal payments. The implications of the findings are then explored, displaying the population groups and spaces that need targeting when seeking to tackle informal patient payments. |
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