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research Research

August 2020

How to improve healthcare with little money

Chapter: Slovakia

On the basis of an information request, the opposition asked the hospitals for data on how long cancer patients had to wait for diagnosis and treatment. They found that the number of patients waiting longer than the recommended 62 days had doubled since 2010. In 2018, there is no access to monitor such data. Since…

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August 2020

Too much politisation, too little transparency

Chapter: Slovakia

The Health Care Supervisory Office receives more than 2,000 appeals per year. In 2016, The Office assessed half of the 20141 complaints as unfounded. Most complaints related to patients' dissatisfaction with the provided medical care. The public is neither informed about the reasoning behind these decisions, nor about how the subject of complaint was prosecuted…

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July 2020

Medical Procurement in ProZorro: Express Examination 2.0

Chapter: Ukraine

The report "Medical Procurement in ProZorro: Express Examination 2.0" is the second report dedicated to public procurement in healthcare. It highlights trends in the expenditure of public funds on healthcare since 2017.

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July 2020

Transparency and accountability in public administration and service

Chapter: Ukraine

Research using data from ProZorro showed that there is considerable monopolization on procurement in Ukraine's health sector. ProZorro is an online public procurement platform and a collaboration environment that ensures open access to public procurement (tenders) in Ukraine.

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November 2019

Open Data to Fight Corruption: Health Sector

Chapter: Slovakia

This case study published by TI Slovakia aims to provide guidance to policy-makers and activists in a diverse range of countries on how specific data sets can used to prevent, detect and investigate corruption. An investigation of procurement data by TI Slovakia revealed that many criteria of open data are not being met or are…

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November 2019

Transparency and Professionalism of Drug Reimbursement Policy

Chapter: Slovakia

Slovakia spent a total of €1.1 billion of public funds in 2015 on medicines (reimbursed to health insurance companies). This is more than the annual budgets for the Ministries of Defence and Culture combined. The categorisation of medicines is a key part of the decision-making process on drug expenditure. The health care system decides whether…

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November 2019

Report On Public Procurement Monitoring At The Ministry Of Health Supply Of Consumables For Haemodialysis

Chapter: Kosovo

The health sector in Kosovo is subject to rumours of mismanagement and monopolisation in the supply of medicines and consumables. This was especially evident in the haemodialysis sector where the consumables were all provided by the same company at an unusually high price, with the contracts being awarded in non-disclosed and non-transparent procedures. In April…

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November 2019

Promoting Integrity and Reducing Vulnerabilities to Corruption in the Romanian Health System

Chapter: Romania

Some of the priorities of Romania through the National Development Program 2007-2013 regarding health (priorities that overlap with those of the Government Program) are "increasing the accessibility of the population to health services", "improving the quality and safety of the medical act" ", "decision-making transparency in order to increase the efficiency in the use of…

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November 2019

Private Healthcare: Governance Challenges and Way Out

Chapter: Bangladesh

The main objective of this research is to identify the challenges of governance in private healthcare programs and to recommend ways to overcome them. The specific objectives of this research are to: 1. Review the existing legal and institutional framework governing private healthcare institutions. 2. Identify the nature of irregularities and corruption in private healthcare…

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November 2019

Management Of Conflicts Of Interest in Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Industry Cooperation

Chapter: Slovakia

The research explored the potential conflicts of interest that doctors face when working with the pharmaceutical industry and at the same time being involved in the categorisation of medicines - deciding which medicines to pay for with public health insurance resources (risks of biased drug decisions).

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November 2019

Corruption Risk Assessment of State-Guaranteed Free and Privileged Health Care Services

Chapter: Armenia

The purpose of the study was to identify and evaluate corruptions risks within state-funded medical care and, based on the results, to develop a set of recommendations.

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November 2019

Corruption in Republic of Moldova: Perceptions vs. Personal Experiences of Households and Business People

Chapter: Moldova

With the support of the U.S. State Department and in collaboration with the Center for Sociological Studies, Transparency International Moldova carried out a study with the objective of analysing the perceptions and the experiences households and business people in the Republic of Moldova have made with corruption. The results of the study were used to…

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project Projects

September 2020

Promoting transparency in the health sector

The main aim is to create a better understanding between doctors and patients in order to enhance the quality of service delivery in healthcare clinics.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

September 2020

Investigation of fraud in healthcare procurement

From 2014 to 2016, Transparency International Slovakia analysed open data in procurement to investigate fraud in health care.

September 2020

Transparency ranking for hospitals

Together with INEKO, Transparency International Slovakia ranked all Slovak hospitals according to their level of transparency, from 2016 to 2019. The transparency indicators were based on annual reports, spending, contracts, procurement data, and staff information, among others.
For more information, visit http://nemocnice.ineko.sk/

July 2020

Response to COVID-19

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

July 2020

ALAC’s approach to COVID-19 in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Provide legal assistance to citizens, as well as work with other civil society organisations and with the government to enhance Bosnia and Herzegovina’s COVID-19 response in line with the broader objective of improving the country’s social accountability mechanisms.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Seeking Redress Against Corruption

November 2019

#BūkPokytis (#BeChange)

Lithuanian medical organisations such as the Lithuanian Junior Doctors Association, with the support of TI Lithuania and others, ran a professionalism campaign called #BeChange.

The goal of the initiative was to encourage medical practitioners to sign a declaration and commit to fostering transparency of the healthcare system. It is also aimed at politicians and healthcare executives to encourage them in strengthening the integrity and accountability of the healthcare sector overall.

An online platform, www.bukpokytis.lt , is available for the members of medical community to sign their pledge and access information about transparency of the healthcare system.

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

November 2019

Vitamin Lab

TI Lithuania launched a social design experiment, "Vitamin Lab" , to see if changing a clinic's environment indirectly affected the behaviour and attitudes of patients, increased transparency and reduced bribery.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

November 2019

The Best Thank You to the Doctor Is Your Smile

The aim of this project was to raise awareness amongst patients that bribery is not a key to good treatment in hospitals, and that the best way of expressing gratitude towards a doctor is to simply say “thank you”.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Improved enforcement of policies

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Anti-Corruption Activism

November 2019

Lobbying, Power and Health – A European Vision

The purpose of the publication was to open up the debate on lobbying and to define it in both the Finish and in the international context, particularly concerning public health legislation for sugar and alcohol tax. An additional purpose was to challenge the negative connotations attached to lobbying: Decision-makers need information, and interest groups want to share it with them. However, those with power and resources are more likely to be able to get their message across, especially if lobbying is not made transparent. Influence on legislation that is exerted behind closed doors can endanger democracy.

November 2019

Curing the Unhealthy Health System in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The central objective of the project is to contribute to reducing corruption in the health sector of Bosnia and Herzegovina through the engagement of Civil Society Organisation (CSOs) in policy formulation, decision-making and support of public healthcare institutions in providing a more efficient and better quality health services. Main activities will focus on improving the transparency, accountability and integrity of 15 healthcare institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina by providing systemic solutions to key areas at risk of corruption including public procurement, human resources management and financial management and patients’ waiting lists. Further, the project aims to increase the relevance of CSOs and media in the fight against corruption in the health sector in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Community Action

November 2019

Curiamo la corruzione (We Treat Corruption)

The aim of the project was to aim to increase awareness of corruption in the healthcare sector, to train the staff of healthcare and hospital companies, and to implement and test innovative tools and specific organisational models.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Policy Adoption & Amendment

November 2019

Civic Monitoring of Public Procurement in Ukraine

The project aimed to establish an automated monitoring system to track public procurement, including the spending of funds within the healthcare sector. This information would then be accessible to every patient in order to increase transparency of healthcare procurement, with the long-term goal being the improvement of service delivery quality.

Policy & Insititutional Change:

Better Institutional Processes

Behaviour Change:

Seeking Redress Against Corruption


partner Partners

Global Partners:
EBRD Eurasia Foundation Omidyar Network Transparency and Accountability in Public Administration and Services (TAPAS) program British Embassy in Pristina U.S. State Department European Commission Novartis Crown Agents
Regional Partners:

Governmental Institution

Center for Sociological Studies

Healthcare clinics

Lithuanian Young Doctors Association

The Cancer Patients Support Association (POLA)

SME Daily

INEKO

Healthcare Clinics in Lithuania

Junior Doctors Association

Lithuanian Cancer Patient Coalition

Medical Student's Association

Ministry of Health

Lithuanian Medical Students' Association

The Cancer Patients Support Association

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Centre for Civic Initiatives

CENSIS

Healthcare association or trade body

ISPE

RISSC

University, academia or research institution

Kyiv School of Economics

Ministry of Economic Development and Trade

Open Contracting Partnership

State-owned enterprise (SOE) "ProZorro"