ReviewFrontiers in public health2022
Corruption in the health sector: A problem in need of a systems-thinking approach.
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- Who Is Most Likely to Experience Corruption When Seeking Healthcare in Nigerian Healthcare Facilities?International journal of health policy and management · 2025Article
- Food insecurity, environment, institutional quality, and health outcomes: evidence from South Asia.Globalization and health · 2024Article
- Enhancing quality healthcare in Nigeria through medical laboratory services: A review.Medicine · 2024Review
- What is the role of institutional quality in health outcomes? A panel data analysis on 158 countries from 2001-2020.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Corruption in healthcare: global perspectives and the recent escalation of violence in Ecuador's public medicine procurement system.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
Health systems are comprised of complex interactions between multiple different actors with differential knowledge and understanding of the subject and system. It is exactly this complexity that makes it particularly vulnerable to corruption, which has a deleterious impact on the functioning of health systems and the health of populations. Consequently, reducing corruption in the health sector is imperative to strengthening health systems and advancing health equity, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Although health sector corruption is a global problem, there are key differences in the forms of and motivations underlying corruption in health systems in LMICs and high-income countries (HICs). Recognizing these differences and understanding the underlying system structures that enable corruption are essential to developing anti-corruption interventions. Consequently, health sector corruption is a problem in need of a systems-thinking approach. Anti-corruption strategies that are devised without this understanding of the system may have unintended consequences that waste limited resources, exacerbate corruption, and/or further weaken health systems. A systems-thinking approach is important to developing and successfully implementing corruption mitigation strategies that result in sustainable improvements in health systems and consequently, the health of populations.
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