Informal Payments In The Health Sector: A Case Study From Turkey

• DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.1029
• Publication Date: 2007-07-16T00:37:58Z
• Authors: Mehtap Tatar; Hacer Özgen; Bayram Sahin; Paolo Belli; Peter Berman
• Keywords: Equity; Informal sector; Direct Payments; Health sector

The practice of making informal payments in the health sector is common a number countries. It has become an important policy issue around world. These can jeopardize governments' attempts to improve equity and access care policies targeted poor. widely believed that considerable amount out-of-pocket payment Turkey informal. To examine this issue, we used questionnaire adopted from wider international study. We concluded are significant have implications for reform.