Table 5 Service users who gave unofficial payments and gifts in their last contact with government health services: type of care and timing of payments
Unofficial payments | Gifts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of service users responding | Number (%) making unofficial payments | Number of service users responding | Number (%) giving gifts | |||
Overall: | Overall: | |||||
Estonia | 2456 | 18 (0.7) | 2475 | 309 (13) | ||
Latvia | 3177 | 96 (3) | 3185 | 436 (14) | ||
Lithuania | 2553 | 211 (8) | 2588 | 349 (14) | ||
By type of care: | By type of care: | |||||
General care | Specialist care | General care | Specialist care | |||
Estonia | 2435 | 3/1338 (0.2) | 14/1097 (1.3) | 2454 | 146/1360 (11) | 161/1094 (15) |
Latvia | 3143 | 39/2004 (2) | 54/1139 (5) | 3150 | 220/1999 (11) | 212/1151 (18) |
Lithuania | 2511 | 66/1229 (5) | 140/1282 (11) | 2548 | 151/1249 (12) | 193/1299 (15) |
By timing during treatment: | By timing during treatment: | |||||
Before/during | After | Before/during | After | |||
Estonia | 8/16 (50) | 8/16 (50) | 49/292 (17) | 243/292 (83) | ||
Latvia | 42/89 (47) | 47/89 (53) | 128/423 (30) | 295/423 (70) | ||
Lithuania | 133/198 (67) | 65/198 (33) | 106/335 (32) | 229/335 (68) | ||