Olga Ponomarjova

Informal Payments in Latvian Healthcare

Patients' motivations and relevance to policy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Endemic to the Former Soviet Union countries, informal payments are a serious problem in Latvian healthcare, which creates inefficiency in the healthcare system, challenges the healthcare reform, and negatively impacts accessibility of healthcare services. Despite the growing interest of scholars in the issue, current theories on explaining and outlining the ways of dealing with this phenomenon are limited. Given the sensitive nature of the subject, theoretical and policy discussions are challenged by the lack of empirical data that would allow deeper understanding of the issue. This study attempts to address this gap by exploring the motivations of Latvian patients to pay informally for healthcare services relying on the INXIT theory as a framework for analysis. Key findings of this study are discussed in relation to Latvian policy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 106g
• ISBN-13: 9783639209815
• ISBN-10: 3639209818
• Artikelnr.: 27861133

Autorenporträt

Upon completion of the Bachelor in Public Relations at the Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Canada, Olga worked as a Public Relations Officer with the Heart and Stroke Foundation. She continued building on her healthcare policy knowledge while obtaining her MA in Public Policy at the King s College London, UK.