Quebec's government recently withdrew its proposal to impose a form of user fees for health care. The decision to withdraw was likely correct, and Quebec and other provinces may learn, from the proposal's flaws, how future reforms could be more successful.

The paper examines different strategies for the financing of health care in India, where the effect of structural adjustment has been to undermine the traditional resource base. The relative merits of user fees, insurance schemes, administrative decentralisation and partial privatisation are discussed. The main policy conclusion is the need for better regulation of the various modalities of hea...

Introduction Recent literature has underscored the value of health policy and systems research (HPSR) for systems strengthening. This discourse has highlighted the potential of HPSR as an intervention in itself, and the important role that researcherpolicy maker collaborations can have as conduits for real-time research translation. Methods We set-up a health systems governance learning site in...

BACKGROUND With several efforts being made by key stakeholders to bridge the gap between beneficiaries and their having full access to free supplies, frequent stock-out, pilfering, collection of user fees for health commodities, and poor community engagement continue to plague the delivery of health services at the primary health care (PHC) level in rural Nigeria. OBJECTIVE To assess the pote...

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