| Title |
User fee exemptions and excessive household spending for normal delivery in Burkina Faso: the need for careful implementation
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-12-412 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Amal Ben Ameur, Valéry Ridde, Aristide R Bado, Marie-Gloriose Ingabire, Ludovic Queuille |
| Abstract |
In 2006, the Parliament of Burkina Faso passed a policy to reduce the direct costs of obstetric services and neonatal care in the country's health centres, aiming to lower the country's high national maternal mortality and morbidity rates. Implementation was via a "partial exemption" covering 80% of the costs. In 2008 the German NGO HELP launched a pilot project in two health districts to eliminate the remaining 20% of user fees. Regardless of any exemptions, women giving birth in Burkina Faso's health centres face additional expenses that often represent an additional barrier to accessing health services. We compared the total cost of giving birth in health centres offering partial exemption versus those with full exemption to assess the impact on additional out-of-pocket fees. |
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| Canada | 1 | 33% |
| Senegal | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
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| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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| Belgium | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 111 | 94% |
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| Student > Master | 31 | 26% |
| Researcher | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 6% |
| Other | 21 | 18% |
| Unknown | 23 | 19% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 39 | 33% |
| Social Sciences | 16 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 10% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 9 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 14% |
| Unknown | 21 | 18% |
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