Informal payments in Romanian health care system. A sample selection correction
This paper draws on economic theory, sociology and political science approaches to explain informal payments in the Romanian health care system. It estimates the likelihood of paying a bribe (informal payment) using a reduced health care demand equation in a probit model with sample selection correc...
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| description | This paper draws on economic theory, sociology and political science approaches to explain informal payments in the Romanian health care system. It estimates the likelihood of paying a bribe (informal payment) using a reduced health care demand equation in a probit model with sample selection correction. Social capital, as having a relationship with doctors, and the perception of the health care system, as corrupt, are found to influence the probability of making an informal payment. The likelihood of making an informal payment in the Romanian health care system is modelled using a maximum-likelihood probit estimation with sample selection correction. In the selection equation, reduced health care demand, self-perceived health status and being afraid of diseases are used as exclusion restrictions for identifying the parameters of the econometric model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bd992d6c3fc94e7eb2e5026fe2de9c2a2022-12-22T00:57:00ZengExpert ProjectsSociologie Românească1220-53892668-14552020-11-0118210.33788/sr.18.2.2Informal payments in Romanian health care system. A sample selection correctionBianca Buligescu0Henry Espinoza Peňa1Research Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian AcademyMinistry of Economy and FinanceThis paper draws on economic theory, sociology and political science approaches to explain informal payments in the Romanian health care system. It estimates the likelihood of paying a bribe (informal payment) using a reduced health care demand equation in a probit model with sample selection correction. Social capital, as having a relationship with doctors, and the perception of the health care system, as corrupt, are found to influence the probability of making an informal payment. The likelihood of making an informal payment in the Romanian health care system is modelled using a maximum-likelihood probit estimation with sample selection correction. In the selection equation, reduced health care demand, self-perceived health status and being afraid of diseases are used as exclusion restrictions for identifying the parameters of the econometric model.http://revistasociologieromaneasca.ro/sr/article/view/1688corruptioninformal paymentsinformal patient paymentssocial capitalsample selectionprobit model with sample selection correction |
| spellingShingle | Bianca Buligescu Henry Espinoza Peňa Informal payments in Romanian health care system. A sample selection correction Sociologie Românească corruption informal payments informal patient payments social capital sample selection probit model with sample selection correction |
| title | Informal payments in Romanian health care system. A sample selection correction |
| title_full | Informal payments in Romanian health care system. A sample selection correction |
| title_fullStr | Informal payments in Romanian health care system. A sample selection correction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Informal payments in Romanian health care system. A sample selection correction |
| title_short | Informal payments in Romanian health care system. A sample selection correction |
| title_sort | informal payments in romanian health care system a sample selection correction |
| topic | corruption informal payments informal patient payments social capital sample selection probit model with sample selection correction |
| url | http://revistasociologieromaneasca.ro/sr/article/view/1688 |
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