User fee policies and women’s empowerment: a systematic scoping review
Abstract Background Over the past decade, an increasing number of low- and middle-income countries have reduced or removed user fees for pregnant women and/or children under five as a strategy to achieve universal health coverage. Despite the large number of studies (including meta-analyses and syst...
Main Authors: | Veronique Plouffe, Frank Bicaba, Abel Bicaba, Thomas Druetz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-10-01
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Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-05835-w |
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