User fees abolition policy in Niger: Comparing the under five years exemption implementation in two districts

Health Policy

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 219-225

  Ridde, Valéry ^a,b,c   Diarra, Aïssa ^d   Moha, Mahaman ^d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Institut de recherche des sciences de la santé IRSS du CNRST   (Burkina Faso)

^d LASDEL ^*  (Niger)

Author keywords

Abolition; Equity; Exemption; Niger; User fees

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGER; REIMBURSEMENT;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; NIGER; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS;

EID: 79551580342     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2010.09.017     Document Type: Article

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