The sudden removal of user fees: The perspective of a frontline manager in Burundi

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2011, Pages

  Nimpagaritse, Manassé ^a   Bertone, Maria Paola ^b  

^a Ministry of Public Health   (Burundi)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burundi; frontline manager; peripheral level perspective; User fees removal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURUNDI; ECONOMICS; FEE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; POLICY;

BURUNDI; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 80455158056     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr061     Document Type: Review

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