Street-level workers’ inadequate knowledge and application of exemption policies in Burkina Faso jeopardize the achievement of universal health coverage: evidence from a cross-sectional survey

Street-level workers’ inadequate knowledge and application of exemption policies in Burkina Faso jeopardize the achievement of universal health coverage: evidence from a cross-sectional survey

Abstract Background Street-level workers play a key role in public health policies in Africa, as they are often the ones to ensure their implementation. In Burkina Faso, the State formulated two different user-fee exemption policies for indigents, one for deliveries (2007), and one for primary healt...

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Main Authors: Valéry Ridde, Gerald Leppert, Hervé Hien, Paul Jacob Robyn, Manuela De Allegri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Street-level workers
Public policy
Health policy
Implementation gap
Exemption
Free care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0717-5

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