Does the Implementation of Official User Charges Help to Eradicate Informal Payments – Lessons to be Learnt from the Hungarian Experience

Frontiers in Public Health

Petra Baji¹ 

关键词: informal patient payments;    informal payments;    co-payment;    policy analysis;    Hungary;    out-of-pocket payments;    household expenditure;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2015.00181

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

User fees for health care services are a frequently applied policy tool to improve efficiency by controlling demand and contain costs. It is also applied to increase resources for health care, especially when public resources are limited or the increase of income-related contributions is not feasible or not desirable. In addition, in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, where informal payments are widespread, the introduction of user fees is often promoted by politicians and policy makers as a potential policy tool to eradicate or “formalize” informal payments (1).

【 授权许可】

CC BY