Corruption and Health Sector Performances in West Africa Countries: A Theoretical Analysis

Popoola, Oladayo Timothy

doi:10.30560/jems.v1n2p13

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“…[ 29 ] Often, something is violated as a result of corruption, which may be a moral or legal principle or procedure. [ 30 31 ] Therefore, with the measures taken in the healthcare systems, it is necessary to control the crime-prone contexts and flow the economic health.…”

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A roadmap for implementing general policies of resistance economy in the Isfahan Universities of Medical Sciences

Ferdosi

Rezayatmand

Taleghani

2020

J Edu Health Promot

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CONTEXT AND AIMS: The country development can be promoted through applying policies of the resistance economy in the health system and universities. Therefore, this paper aimed to provide a scientific analysis of resistance economy policies and providing a roadmap for their implementation in the field of health care of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a qualitative study. The basis, general purposes, and strategies of the resistance economy were extracted from the review of the policy of the resistance economy with a political research approach. Then, effective programs and indicators to achieve the goals of the resistance economy were proposed by holding 10 sessions of a centralized group discussion. Finally, the implementation of the resistance economy in the deputies of the University of Medical Sciences was approved by these programs and indicators along with other components and Delphi questionnaire to 30 experts. Framework analysis and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data from the group discussion and the Delphi stage, respectively. RESULTS: Implementation of general policies of resistance economy in the field of health and treatment of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences with eight thematic bases, 39 goals, 54 strategies, and 98 programs and indicators were approved by experts. The eight areas of people-centered, economic growth, economic justice, support for internal services, economic flexibility, economic stability, economic influence, and economic health were identified as the thematic bases of communicative policies of the resistance economy in the field of health. CONCLUSION: The implementation of resistance economy policies entails planning in the long run, culture-building, appreciating the resistance economy in health issues, cooperation, and synergy among different institutions, restructuring the education system at different levels of the health system, and entrepreneurship training.

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A roadmap for implementing general policies of resistance economy in the Isfahan Universities of Medical Sciences

Ferdosi

Rezayatmand

Taleghani

2020

J Edu Health Promot

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“…Although numerous empirical studies exist in regards to corruption in Africa (Onwujekwe et al, 2019), the majority of studies focus on country-specific healthcare related corruption (Agbenorku, Popoola, 2018). Despite the wealth of knowledge provided by the current studies on healthcare corruption in Africa, there is a dearth of scientific enquiry about healthcare corruption in Africa that examines the issue across different countries and regions.…”

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Corruption & Healthcare in Africa: A Comparative Assessment of the Effect of Paying of Bribe on Access to Medical Care and the Quality of Healthcare in Africa

Dzordzormenyoh¹

2023

CU JGH

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The primary purpose of the present study is to examine the predictors of access to medical care and the quality of healthcare in Africa. Specifically, assessing the effect of corruption – paying bribes and other factors on access to medical care and the quality of healthcare on the continent. Responses from 45,823 respondents from 34 countries across the continent were analyzed using ordinary least squares regression. The results reveal that corruption influences both access to medical care and the quality of healthcare on the continent. Additionally, several sociodemographic variables such as religion, age, region, rural-urban residency, gender, and others influence access to medical care and the quality of healthcare in Africa. Theoretically, the present study fills a void and augments the existing literature. Policy-wise, the results serve as a guide to formulating and implementing realistic measures to address healthcare corruption and its negative impact on access to medical care and the quality of healthcare on the continent.

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“…8 In West African countries, the act of corruption reflects the government's role in its established institutions to provide public goods, particularly health and education. 2 A study estimated that nearly $340 billion is embezzled across the globe each year. Corruption in other country like Ukraine, it has very destructive impacts on socio-economic development, exacerbates social unrest by spoiling the image of public services.…”

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Science Mapping of Health Sector Kickbacks: A Bibliometric Analysis

Toseef,

Abdul Salam Lodhi,

Adnan Nazir

2023

HSJ

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Background: Health kickbacks is the central part of the this study to report corruption in the areas of infrastructural projects, purchase of drugs and medical equipment, supply of services, job transfer or promotion and natural disaster management. Because it is now a widely accepted reality that corruption occurs whenever there is government engagement in the sectors, the supply of public services or goods may be negatively impacted as a result of corruption. This has the potential to have devastating effects in a variety of spheres, including the social, political, economic, and administrative spheres in health sector. Material and Methods: This research is under the shed of bibliometric analysis of the publications on corruption in health by taking the temporal development using the dimension database connecting 2014-23 publications. Science Mapping is a type of bibliometric study used by co-citation analysis to show the intellectual and bibliometric structure of a study area in this research. The study investigation contained more than 6000 of the publications by the keywords, journals and topic of analysis. Science mapping is the part of bibliometric analysis technique is used by the researcher by implementing citation analysis and co-citation analysis to acknowledge influential publications by the clustering the visuals on corruption in health studies. Findings: The findings indicated intellectual structure was the prolific contributor in terms of cited references, Health policy and planning journal in terms of source, Hutchinson 2018 as citation network document. Previous literature revealed foundation corruption base of governance, financial, operation, competitive management in health related practices being reported by the global studies. The study added to the body of knowledge.

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Corruption and Health Sector Performances in West Africa Countries: A Theoretical Analysis

Cited by 4 publications

References 6 publications

A roadmap for implementing general policies of resistance economy in the Isfahan Universities of Medical Sciences

A roadmap for implementing general policies of resistance economy in the Isfahan Universities of Medical Sciences

Corruption & Healthcare in Africa: A Comparative Assessment of the Effect of Paying of Bribe on Access to Medical Care and the Quality of Healthcare in Africa

Science Mapping of Health Sector Kickbacks: A Bibliometric Analysis

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