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

In 2014, a series of reforms, called as the Health Sector Evolution Plan (HSEP), was
launched in the health system of Iran in a stepwise process. HSEP was mainly based on the …

Background The process of medical tariffs setting in Iran remains to be a contentious issue
and is heavily criticized by many stakeholders. This paper explores the experience of setting …

Background: One of the objectives of the health transformation plan (HTP) in Iran is to
reduce out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for inpatient services and eradicate informal …

Following his inauguration in late 2013, President Rouhani aimed to boost quality and
equity in the health care delivery system. To fulfill this aim, a set of interventions, called …

Background In 2014, a revision of the national medical tariffs for inpatient health care
services took place in Iran, and a new hotline was set up to report informal payments. It was …

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 …

In Nigeria, most basic maternal and child health services in public primary health-care
facilities should be either free of charge or subsidized. In practice, additional informal …

Background: Out-of-pocket and informal payments are considered as 2 most important
topics for equity in health care financing. Therfore, this study was conducted to …

METHODS: The study was carried out as a review critical analyse in 2019. The pertinent
articles were searched for in Science Direct, PubMed, Ovid, and Google Scholar using …