作者
Daphne Ch Kaitelidou, Christina S Tsirona, Petros A Galanis, Olga Ch Siskou, Philipa Mladovsky, Eugenia G Kouli, Panagiotis E Prezerakos, Mamas Theodorou, Panagiota A Sourtzi, Lykourgos L Liaropoulos
发表日期
2013/1/1
期刊
Health policy
卷号
109
期号
1
页码范围
23-30
出版商
Elsevier
简介
BACKGROUND
Private health expenditure for consuming maternity health services has been identified as an issue within public hospitals.
AIM
To estimate level of private health expenditure, in the form of informal payments, for maternal services in public hospitals in Greece.
METHODS
The study population consisted of 160 women who had recently given birth in three provincial general hospitals and one general hospital in Athens. A three-part questionnaire was developed in order to collect financial information regarding the use of public obstetrics services in Greece.
RESULTS
The mean age of respondents was 29.5 (±5.6) years. There was a high rate of informal payments with 74.4% of women involved in informal transactions. Mean total private payments were €1549 (±992), representing 7.9% of the mean annual per capita income in Greece. Mean informal payment was €848 (±714). For 56.3% of the …
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