As many as 15% of Lithuanians have given a monetary bribe or other form of compensation for medical services in recent years, according to a Baltijos Tyrimai poll for LRT. Meanwhile, around 75% of respondents said that they had not bribed medical staff. Another 9% said that they had not visited a medical facility at all, ELTA reported. The survey showed that women were somewhat more likely than men to offer bribes for medical services. In an earlier survey by the Lithuanian Young Doctors Association (LGA), 50% of respondents regarded the health system as the country’s most corrupt sector. In the survey, around 20% of Lithuanians said that they had paid a bribe in a clinic or hospital, while 10% had done so in a regional health care facility. Another 20% said that they had been directly asked for a cash bribe. Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT) said that bribery in the health care sector persisted due to cultural myths and low pay for health care workers.
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