| Abstract [eng] |
The topic of the thesis is anti-corruption education of patients in health care institutions. The relevance of the topic is based on the fact that Lithuanian health care institutions are the most corrupt. Corruption in healthcare is very difficult to avoid, as patients are afraid to risk their health and expect that a “bribe” to a healthcare professional will improve the quality of provided services and speed up access to them. Thus, the aim of the work is to comprehensively analyze the possibilities of anti-corruption education of patients in health care institutions, theoretical and practical problems of education and to create a qualitatively new patient education program that meets today's requirements. To achieve this goal, four tasks have been set to summarize the concept, forms and causes of corruption, to analyze development of patients' anti-corruption awareness as an effective anti-corruption tool in health care institutions, to investigate existing raising of anti-corruption awareness in health care institutions and to present possibilities of new anti-corruption awareness in health care facilities. The object of the work is raising of the anti-corruption awareness of patients in health care institutions. The research was carried out using a questionnaire, the data of which were analyzed, compared and grouped. Summarizing the results of the research, it was found that the most common forms of corruption in health care institutions are facilitation and bribery, and the main causes of corruption are desire to receive qualitative services and desire to speed up the process of provided services. The whole health system suffers from corruption, and more than a half of the respondents experienced pressure from health professionals to give a “bribe”. The following forms of anti-corruption education are used in health care institutions: information on the notice-board and information on the health care institution's website. |
