Title: Overcoming barriers to health service access and influencing the demand side through purchasing

Authors: Ensor, Tim and Cooper, Stephanie

Place: Washington, DC

Publisher: World bank

Year: 2004

Journal: Health, nutrition and population (HNP) discussion paper

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Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health care delivery, poverty

Abstract: This paper investigates the role of demand-side barriers in impeding access to the use of health services. Demand-side barriers are defined as determinants of use of health care that are not dependent on service delivery or price or direct price of those services, like distance or education.

URL: http://siteresources.worldbank.org/HEALTHNUTRITIONANDPOPULATION/Resources/281627-1095698140167/EnsorOvercomingBarriersFinal.pdf

Document type: Portal