Civil Servants and Non-Western Migrants’ Perceptions on Pathways to Health Care in Serbia—A Grounded Theory, Multi-Perspective Study

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 18; no. 19; p. 10247
• Main Authors: Buch Mejsner, Sofie, Kristiansen, Maria, Eklund Karlsson, Leena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 29.09.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Alliances; Civil service; Data collection; Ethics; Financing, Personal; Grounded Theory; Health care access; Health care policy; Health Expenditures; Health Facilities; Health insurance; Health Services Accessibility; Hospitals; Humans; Migration; Perception; Public health; Qualitative research; Refugees; Serbia; Serbia; Europe; out-of-pocket-payments; migrants and civil servants; Serbia; informal patient payments; health systems governance

(1) Background: Informal patient payments continue to persist in the Serbian health care system, exposing vulnerable groups to private spending on health care. Migrants may in particular be subject to such payments, as they often experience barriers in access to health care. Little is known about mi...