The impact of user fee exemption on service utilization and treatment seeking behaviour: The case of malaria in Sudan

International Journal of Health Planning and Management

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Abdu, Zeidan ^a   Mohammed, Zakariya ^a   Bashier, Ilham ^a   Eriksson, Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health seeking behaviour; Malaria; Service utilization; Sudan; User fee exemption

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC INSTRUMENT; FINANCIAL PROVISION; HEALTH SERVICES; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL FEE; PREGNANCY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SUDAN;

FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALARIA; SUDAN;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN; WORLD;

EID: 13444301576     PISSN: 07496753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hpm.777     Document Type: Article

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