Literature Review: Fraud and Corruption Prevention Strategies

Literature Review: Fraud and Corruption Prevention Strategies

According to the available literature, the following processes have inherent risk of fraud and corruption: provision of medical by medical personnel, human resource management, procurement of drugs and supplies, distribution and prescription of medicine, budgeting and pricing and regulatory parameters. The available literature concur that fraud and corruption negatively impact the economy. Besides limiting economic growth, fraud and corruption affects access of patient care. The negative of fraud and corruption in a healthcare system are well described by Sparrow (2008) who observes that such unethical practices could even lead to reduced utilization of public facilities. According to Rothstein (2011) this is already a reality in the developing countries where patients…