Williams, C.C. orcid.org/0000-0002-3610-1933 and Horodnic, A.V. (2017) Rethinking Informal Payments by Patients in Europe: An Institutional Approach. Health Policy, 121 (10). pp. 1053-1062. ISSN 0168-8510
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to explain informal payments by patients to healthcare professionals for the first time through the lens of institutional theory as arising when there are formal institutional imperfections and asymmetry between norms, values and practices and the codified formal laws and regulations. Reporting a 2013 Eurobarometer survey of the prevalence of informal payments by patients in 28 European countries, a strong association is revealed between the degree to which formal and informal institutions are unaligned and the propensity to make informal payments. The association between informal payments and formal institutional imperfections is then explored to evaluate which structural conditions might reduce this institutional asymmetry, and thus the propensity to make informal payments. The paper concludes by exploring the implications for tackling such informal practices.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Elsevier. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Health Policy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Keywords: | informal payments; institutional theory; institutional asymmetry; health policy; European Union |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2017 09:59 |
Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2018 00:39 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.08.007 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.healthpol.2017.08.007 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:120649 |
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