Horodnic, A., Williams, C. orcid.org/0000-0002-3610-1933, Ciobanu, C.-I. et al. (1 more author) (2022) Informal payments by patients, institutional trust and institutional asymmetry. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. 1015208. ISSN 1664-1078
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the extent of the practice of using informal payments for accessing the services of public clinics or hospitals across Europe and to explain the prevalence of this corrupt practice using the framework of institutional theory. To achieve this, a multi-level mixed-effect logistic regression on 25,744 interviews undertaken in 2020 with patients across 27 European Union countries is conducted. The finding is that the practice of making informal payments remains a prevalent practice, although there are large disparities in the usage of this practice in different European countries. However, informal payments by patients are more likely when there is a lower institutional trust and a higher degree of asymmetry between formal and informal institutions. The resultant proposal is that policy makers need to address the institutional environment to tackle such informal payments. How this can be achieved is outlined.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Horodnic, Williams, Ciobanu and Druguș. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
Keywords: | trust; informal payments; public healthcare service; institutional asymmetry; formal institutions; informal institutions |
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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: | 26 Oct 2022 16:55 |
Last Modified: | 26 Oct 2022 16:55 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media S.A. |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1015208 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:191808 |