Informal payments for healthcare are widely acknowledged as undercutting health care
access, but empirical research is somewhat limited. This article is a critical interpretive …

Background Nowadays, a growing literature reveals how patients use informal payments to
seek either better treatment or additional services, but little systematic review has been …

Background: A new institutional approach toward informal payments in healthcare views
informal payments as arising when there is a misalignment between values/norms (informal …

Healthcare accessibility and equity remain important issues, as corruption in the form of
informal payments is still prevalent in many countries across the world. This study employs a …

Background There is limited evidence on the prevalence and socioeconomic inequality in
informal payments (IP) of households in the Iranian health system. This study was conducted …

Purpose Informal payments (IPs) for healthcare are a serious obstacle to equitable access
and universal health coverage in developing countries. Policy makers need to know more …

Background. The dominant view in the literature is that informal payments in healthcare
universally are a negative phenomenon. By contrast, we theorize that the motivation …

Informal payments refer to sums that patients may pay to individual or organizational health
care providers outside of the official payment channels or approved fee schedules. The aim …

Background Out-of-Pocket (OOP) payment is one mechanism for funding health care in low-
and middle-income countries (LMICs). The wider implications mean OOP payments have …

Background: Informal payments, as one of the components of out-of-pocket (OOP)
payments, are often a form of corruption and outside the official bill. The purpose of the …