Early career advice and support during medical school and after graduation was found to encourage young doctors to take up shortage specialties in the United Kingdom (Mahoney et al, 2004). According to a review of practices in OECD countries, giving students experience of primary care practice and appointing primary-care role models to academic positions influence students’ choices towards a career in primary care (Simoens and Hurst, 2006). In 2007, there was a twelve-fold difference in the per capita utilisation of day care, and three-fold difference in acute inpatient care across micro-regions. Sizable gaps remain even after controlling for differences in health care needs (HealthMonitor, 2010). Informal payments are a legacy issue that is deeply rooted in the Hungarian health care system.