Street-level workers' criteria for identifying indigents to be exempted from user fees in Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 782-791

  Ridde, V ^a   Sombie, I ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Concept mapping; Criteria; Exemption; User fees; Worst off

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MAPPING; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ACCESS; RURAL AREA; USER FEE; VULNERABILITY; WORKER CASTE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

AGED; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CONSENSUS; DISABLED PERSON; DISASTER; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INDIGENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL FEE; MIDWIFE; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; SOCIAL WORKER; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; BURKINA FASO; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWIFERY; NURSES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 84861691419     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02991.x     Document Type: Article

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