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Abstract
This study explores how bribery in the health sector is associated with people’s well-being and with universal health coverage. By using the data of Vietnam from 2011 and 2012, this study reveals a negative correlation between the prevalence of bribery and health outcomes and the health insurance coverage. Additionally, the results indicate that bribers feel neither cured of injury/disease nor satisfied with healthcare service quality. Furthermore, there is a significantly negative correlation between the belief of the necessity to give a bribe and the health insurance enrolment decision.
Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam and the Ministry of Health Vietnam for providing us with data. We would also like to thank CECODES, VFF and UNDP for providing us the data of The Viet Nam Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) 2011 and 2012. We are also grateful for the help we have received from Do Thi Thanh Huyen and Giang Dang for providing insightful information for the data collection.
We will provide the code used in this analysis upon request. The data of the PAPI is provided through the application for the data. To obtain the data set, please contact CECODES, VFF and UNDP. Contact details are provided in <http://cecodes.org/Cecodes.asp?module=2&cid=49&nid=63>. The data of VHLSS is obtainable from the General Statistics Office (GSO). The GSO data and Statistical Handbook is available online (<http://www.gso.gov.vn/Default_en.aspx?tabid=491>).
Disclosure statement
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
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