http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/02/02/hospital-mafias-and-more-this-year-in-global-health-corruption Comments for "Hospital Mafias and more! This year in global health corruption" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/02/02/hospital-mafias-and-more-this-year-in-global-health-corruption <p>The <a href="http://www.transparency.org/publications/gcr/download_gcr#download" target="_blank" title="global-corruption-barometer-2006">2006 Transparency International report</a> is out, and this year's focus is on health services--apparently a sector particularly prone to corruption.  Why? The executive summary highlights three reasons: <b>imbalance of information</b> (health professionals know more than patients, and pharmaceutical companies know more about their products than public officials),  <b>uncertainty in health markets</b> (how many people will fall ill , where/when humanitarian disasters will strike makes it hard to manage resources), and the <b>opaque, complex relations within the health system</b>.</p><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/02/02/hospital-mafias-and-more-this-year-in-global-health-corruption">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2006/02/02/hospital-mafias-and-more-this-year-in-global-health-corruption#comment Health Miscellaneous The Policy Agenda Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:19:06 -0500 _Alex Bloom 2235 at http://www.nextbillion.net