User fee removal in low-income countries: Sharing knowledge to support managed implementation

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Meessen, Bruno ^a   Gilson, Lucy ^b,c   Tibouti, Abdelmajid ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

health care financing; implementation; User fees

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDITORIAL; FEE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; POVERTY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POVERTY;

EID: 80455131017     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr071     Document Type: Review

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