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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Veronique Plouffe, Frank Bicaba, Abel Bicaba, Thomas Druetz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-020-05835-w