User fee exemptions and excessive household spending for normal delivery in Burkina Faso: The need for careful implementation

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ameur, Amal Ben ^a   Ridde, Valéry ^b,c   Bado, Aristide R ^d   Ingabire, Marie Gloriose ^a   Queuille, Ludovic ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

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

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Public Health Research Institute for Health Sciences   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; FEE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BURKINA FASO; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84878182394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-412     Document Type: Article

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