The Effect of the Health Reform Plan on informal payments in Selected Hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Informal, under-the-table, payments are paid to individuals/ health care organizations as cash or non-cash through informal channels. This study aims to identify the amount of informal payments in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.

This descriptive study was conducted in winter 2014 and winter 2016 (before and after the Health Reform Plan). A questionnaire and telephone interviews were used to collect data which were then analyzed by using SPSS and Excel software.

The average informal payment to physicians, nurses, service staff, security guards, and other employees were 11.1%, 22.2%, 22.2%, 0%, 0%, respectively.

According to the results, the Health Reform Plan, in general, has significantly reduced informal payments (P <0.01) in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.