Transversal analysis of public policies on user fees exemptions in six West African countries

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ridde, Valéry ^a,b,c   Queuille, Ludovic ^a   Kafando, Yamba ^c   Robert, Émilie ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Ouagadougou   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIN; BURKINA FASO; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALI; MEDICAL FEE; NIGER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SENEGAL; TOGO;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENIN; BURKINA FASO; FEES, MEDICAL; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALI; NIGER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SENEGAL; TOGO;

EID: 84869199186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-409     Document Type: Article

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