Changes in utilization of health services among poor and rural residents in Uganda: are reforms benefitting the poor?
Open Access
- 1 January 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal for Equity in Health
- Vol. 8 (1) , 39
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-8-39
Abstract
Uganda implemented health sector reforms to make services more accessible to the population. An assessment of the likely impact of these reforms is important for informing policy. This paper describes the changes in utilization of health services that occurred among the poor and those in rural areas between 2002/3 and 2005/6 and associated factors.Keywords
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