Gender Dimensions of User Fees: Implications for Women’s Utilization of Health Care
Open Access
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Reproductive Health Matters
- Vol. 10 (20) , 127-134
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0968-8080(02)00083-6
Abstract
This paper looks at the implications of user fees for women’s utilization of health care services, based on selected studies in Africa. Lack of access to resources and inequitable decision-...Keywords
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