Title: A scoping review of the literature on the abolition of user fees in health care services in Africa

Authors: Ridde, Valéry and Morestin, Florence

Place: Oxford [etc.]

Publisher: Oxford university press [etc.]

Year: 2011

Journal: Health policy and planning

Volume: 26

PAGE: --

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health services, health economics, health policy, africa

Abstract: In Africa, user fees constitute a financial barrier to access to health services. This article presents a scoping study that reviewed the current literature on the processes of abolishing user fees in Africa and their different effects.

URL: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/content/26/1/1.full.pdf+html

Document type: Portal