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Disappearing Envelopes, Increasing Protectionism: Doctors Reveal the Biggest Problems of the Hungarian Healthcare System

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Two-thirds of doctors have been influenced by someone based on acquaintance in the past year, while gratuities have decreased to a fraction of their previous level since the 2021 ban, according to a survey conducted by K-Monitor and the Hungarian Medical Chamber with the participation of nearly two thousand doctors. Based on the responses, the envelope system has largely been reduced, but protectionism, relationship benefits and the intertwining…

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Two-thirds of doctors have been influenced by someone based on acquaintance in the past year, while gratuities have decreased to a fraction of their previous level since the 2021 ban, according to a survey conducted by K-Monitor and the Hungarian Medical Chamber with the participation of nearly two thousand doctors. Based on the responses, the envelope system has largely been reduced, but protectionism, relationship benefits and the intertwining…

·Budapest, Hungary
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Gratuities have largely been eliminated from Hungarian healthcare, but the role of informal relationships has not. According to a survey conducted by K-Monitor and the Hungarian Medical Chamber (MOK) with the participation of nearly two thousand doctors, the lack of performance evaluation and transparent promotion, relationship-based empowerment, problems with the procurement system, and the merging of public and private healthcare still fundame…

Gratuities have largely been eliminated from Hungarian healthcare, but the role of informal relationships has not. According to a survey conducted by K-Monitor and the Hungarian Medical Chamber (MOK) with the participation of nearly two thousand doctors, the lack of performance evaluation and transparent promotion, relationship-based empowerment, problems with the procurement system, and the merging of public and private healthcare still fundame…

Are doctors really not working their hours? What do they see as the biggest problem with the system? What do they think about private healthcare, and how does the ban on gratuities affect their work? What do they experience about the merging of public and private care? A joint medical research by K-Monitor and the Hungarian Medical Chamber raises important questions and provides strong answers. The post Healthcare after gratuities: extraordinary…

·Budapest, Hungary
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Two-thirds of doctors have been influenced by someone they know in the past year, while gratuities have been reduced to a fraction of their previous value since the 2021 ban – this is revealed in a study conducted by K-Monitor and the Hungarian Medical Chamber with the participation of nearly two thousand doctors. The responses paint a picture of a healthcare system from which the envelope has largely been pushed out, but protectionism and the i…

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