User charges in public health facilities in Tanzania: Effect on revenues, quality of services and people's health-seeking behaviour for malaria illness in Korogwe district

Health Services Management Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-35

  Mubyazi, Godfrey ^a   Massaga, Julius ^a   Kamugisha, Mathias ^a   Mubyazi, J Nyangoma ^b   Magogo, Grace C ^a   Mdira, K Yahya ^a   Gesase, Samuel ^a   Sukwa, Tom ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^b WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BUDGET; FEE; FUNDING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; NURSE ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; TANZANIA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINANCING, PERSONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALARIA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 32144439701     PISSN: 09514848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/095148406775322061     Document Type: Article

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