The Effects of a Fee-Waiver Program on Health Care Utilization among the Poor : Evidence from Armenia

The Effects of a Fee-Waiver Program on Health Care Utilization among the Poor : Evidence from Armenia

This study examines the impact of a fee-waiver program for basic medical services on health care utilization in Armenia. Because of the reduction in public financing of health services and decentralization and increased privatization of health care...

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Main Authors: Chaudhury, Nazmul, Hammer, Jeffrey, Murrugarra, Edmundo
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
AGED
BASIC SERVICES
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
DECENTRALIZATION
DOCTORS
EXPENDITURES
EXTERNALITIES
FAMILIES
GIRLS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
HEALTH CARE SECTOR
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION
HEALTH COSTS
HEALTH EXPENDITURES
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH POSTS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH STATUS
HOSPITAL CARE
HOSPITAL UTILIZATION
HOSPITALS
HOUSEHOLDS
ILLNESSES
INCOME
INTERVENTION
LIVING STANDARDS
MEDICAL CARE
MEDICAL SERVICES
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
PARASITIC DISEASES
PARENTS
PATIENTS
POLICY RESEARCH
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PROBABILITY
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
WAR VICTIMS
WORKERS HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH FINANCING
USER FEES
SERVICE DELIVERY
HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
VULNERABLE GROUPS
DISABLED PERSONS
SINGLE PARENT FAMILIES
CHILD HEALTH SERVICES
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
UTILIZATION FEES
USER PARTICIPATION
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2120329/effects-fee-waiver-program-health-care-utilization-among-poor-evidence-armenia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19164

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/2120329/effects-fee-waiver-program-health-care-utilization-among-poor-evidence-armenia
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19164

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