User fees exemptions alone are not enough to increase indigent use of healthcare services
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User fee exemptions are not enough: out-of-pocket payments for 'free' delivery services in rural Tanzania.
OBJECTIVE To identify the main drivers of costs of facility delivery and the financial consequences for households among rural women in Tanzania, a country with a policy of delivery fee exemptions. METHODS We selected a representative sample of households in a rural district in western Tanzania. Women who given birth within 5 years were asked about payments for doctor's/nurse's fees, drugs, n...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Policy and Planning
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0268-1080,1460-2237
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czv135