Informal health care providers (IPs) comprise a significant component of health systems in
developing nations. Yet little is known about the most basic characteristics of performance …

This paper reviews current research and literature on the issue of informal payments for
health care and its context and suggests a new perspective for a better understanding of this …

Human resources are the crucial core of a health system, but they have been a neglected
component of health-system development. The demands on health systems have escalated …

What is the role of culture in street-level bureaucrats' bending the rules and accepting
informal payments for health care? The literature on street-level bureaucrats stresses the …

There is increasing interest in the issue of informal payments for health care in low-and
middle-income countries. Emerging evidence suggests that the phenomenon is both …

This paper analyses the effect of being insured under the voluntary component of
Vietnamese Health Insurance, on patterns of treatment seeking behaviour. A multinomial …

Insufficient attention has been paid to understanding what determines the performance of
health workers. This paper reports on findings from focus group discussions with both health …

Background There is growing evidence that informal payments for health care are fairly
common in many low-and middle-income countries. Informal payments are reported to have …

This paper analyzes patterns of tips, gifts and bribes paid by patients for health care
services. Informal payments are more prevalent in developing and transition countries …

Informal payments are known to be widespread in the post‐communist health care systems
of Central and Eastern Europe. However, their role and nature remains contentious, with the …