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Healthcare Corruption Threatens Eastern Europe
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Corruption remains widespread in the former communist nations that joined the EU two years ago, despite efforts to counter the problem, according to Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index. While the index covers all industries with a focus on the administrative sector and the political sphere, BMI has extrapolated the findings to medical services and finds that Russia has the most corrupt healthcare system in Central and Eastern Europe. Conversely, the Baltic state of Estonia, despite being a former member of the USSR, is the top-ranked country in the region, due to its strict laws prohibiting