Informal payments for health care are common problems, especially in many developing countries. There is a growing interest in informal payments around the world. The study aims to explore the reasons for informal payments, in which ways informal payments occur and how it can be deterred. Due to lack of data purposive and snowball sampling approach was used. We conducted face-to-face interviews with a sample of 15 participants including healthcare users or patients. The participants were asked about the case in which they made informal payments, the reasons for those payments and their perception and attitude towards the case they went through. The study proposes that coping with a lack of information, strengthening the primary healthcare ...
Background: Nowadays, a growing literature reveals how patients use informal payments to seek either...
<p>The classic approach of the health system analysis is based mainly on the duality of the health s...
BACKGROUND: Previous studies on informal patient payments have mostly focused on the magnitude and d...
<p>Informal health care payments are a frequently studied topic in Eastern European health care syst...
Background: Informal payments are paid to individuals /health care providing organizations offering ...
For the purpose of securing access to quality health care services, policy makers in many countries ...
© 2013, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Informal payments are quite common in many countrie...
BACKGROUND: Empirical evidence demonstrates that informal patient payments are an important feature ...
BACKGROUND: Although the literature offers various theoretical explanations for the existence of inf...
Introduction Informal patient payments for healthcare are common in the Western Balkans, negatively...
Background: Since the late 1990s Lithuania has had a mixed, solidary based healthcare system, predom...
<p>Informal payments in the health system refer to any payment made outside the legal funding framew...
Background: Informal payments for health care, which are common in many countries, can have negative...
The practice of making informal payments in the health sector is common in a number of countries. It...
Abstract Background Empirical evidence demonstrates that informal patient payments are an important ...
Background: Nowadays, a growing literature reveals how patients use informal payments to seek either...
<p>The classic approach of the health system analysis is based mainly on the duality of the health s...
BACKGROUND: Previous studies on informal patient payments have mostly focused on the magnitude and d...
<p>Informal health care payments are a frequently studied topic in Eastern European health care syst...
Background: Informal payments are paid to individuals /health care providing organizations offering ...
For the purpose of securing access to quality health care services, policy makers in many countries ...
© 2013, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Informal payments are quite common in many countrie...
BACKGROUND: Empirical evidence demonstrates that informal patient payments are an important feature ...
BACKGROUND: Although the literature offers various theoretical explanations for the existence of inf...
Introduction Informal patient payments for healthcare are common in the Western Balkans, negatively...
Background: Since the late 1990s Lithuania has had a mixed, solidary based healthcare system, predom...
<p>Informal payments in the health system refer to any payment made outside the legal funding framew...
Background: Informal payments for health care, which are common in many countries, can have negative...
The practice of making informal payments in the health sector is common in a number of countries. It...
Abstract Background Empirical evidence demonstrates that informal patient payments are an important ...
Background: Nowadays, a growing literature reveals how patients use informal payments to seek either...
<p>The classic approach of the health system analysis is based mainly on the duality of the health s...
BACKGROUND: Previous studies on informal patient payments have mostly focused on the magnitude and d...