Poor households’ experiences and perception of user fees for healthcare: a mixed-method study from Ethiopia

Working paper

Ethiopia has one of the worst health outcomes in the world. In recent years, a new health policy resulted in some improvements in the population’s health and a new health financing strategy led to critical changes in the financing structure of healthcare. However, user fees for healthcare remain an important element of healthcare financing. This study explored perceptions, attitudes and experiences with user fees at public health facilities among poor male and female household members. The ob...

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Authors: Barnett, I; Tefera, B

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Young Lives Publisher's website
• Series: Working papers
• Place of publication: http://www.younglives.org.uk/publications/WP
• Publication date: 2010-01-01
• ISBN: 9781904427650
• Language: English
• Keywords: healthcare; Ethiopia; child poverty
• Subjects: Africa; Families,children and childcare; Health and health policy; Poverty