For example, average informal payments for hospital admissions are EUR 44.11 (USD 97.89) in Hungary and EUR 37.88 (USD 84.80) in Poland and total informal payments make up 2.10% and 0.6% of total health care expenditure in Hungary and Poland, respectively, following ASSPRO projections in 2012 (European Health Policy Brief, 2013). In Turkey, informal payments accounted to 25% of all out-of-pocket payments -or 5.75% of total health spending- in 2002 (Tatar et al. In Greece, out-of-pocket payments are notable in public hospitals where, according to a survey, 36% of patients paid informal cash or in-kind benefits to nurses or physicians (Liaropolous et. Using total expenditure on health instead of current expenditure 2: In the Netherlands, out-of-pocket spending is underreported.