Does health insurance coverage reduce informal payments? Evidence from the “red envelopes” in China

Abstract Background Representing a major threat to both equity and efficiency of health systems, the corrupt practice of informal payments is widely found in developing and transition countries. As informal payments are more likely to occur in health systems characterized by a high out-of-pocket pay...

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Main Authors: Ning Liu, Guoxian Bao, Alex Jingwei He
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-4955-7