Strategies for promoting equity: Experience with community financing in three African countries

Health Policy

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 37-67

  Gilson, Lucy ^a,f   Kalyalya, Denny ^b   Kuchler, Felix ^c   Lake, Sally ^a   Oranga, Hezron ^d   Ouendo, Marius ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^e Institut Regionale De Santé Publique   (Benin)

^f Centre for Health Policy Johannesburg   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Affordability; Africa; Benin; Community financing; Equity; Evaluation; Implementation; Kenya; Participation; Policy analysis; User fees; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIN; DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; LEADERSHIP; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

BENIN; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KENYA; POVERTY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 0034885373     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8510(01)00153-1     Document Type: Article

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