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User Fee Abolition

User Fee Abolition is a health financing policy intervention that eliminates out-of-pocket payments for health services at the point of use, thereby distinguishing it from other revenue generation or cost-sharing mechanisms within universal health coverage frameworks.

35

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1.7K

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95

Authors

44

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

4

Variants

Abolition Of User Fees

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Publications

35

Abolition of cost-sharing is pro-poor: evidence from Uganda

Juliet Nabyonga, Mattias Desmet, Humphrey Karamagi et al. · Health Policy and Planning · 2005 · 172 citations · Full text

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Abolition of user fees: the Uganda paradox

Juliet Nabyonga Orem, F Mugisha, C. Kirunga et al. · Health Policy and Planning · 2011 · 125 citations · Full text

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Economic and Welfare Impact of the Abolition of Health User Fees: Evidence from Uganda

Klaus Deininger · Journal of African Economies · 2005 · 121 citations

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Does User Fee Removal Policy Provide Financial Protection from Catastrophic Health Care Payments? Evidence from Zambia

Felix Masiye, Oliver Kaonga, Joses Muthuri Kirigia · PLoS ONE · 2016 · 111 citations · Full text

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A process evaluation of user fees abolition for pregnant women and children under five years in two districts in Niger (West Africa)

Valéry Ridde, Aïssa Diarra · BMC Health Services Research · 2009 · 100 citations · Full text

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Authors

95

  1. VR
    Valéry Ridde

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    5 publications · 224 citations

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  2. BC
    Bart Criel

    Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde, Belgium

    4 publications · 240 citations

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  3. ST
    Shinsuke Tanaka

    Tufts University, United States

    3 publications · 54 citations

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  4. TD
    Thomas Druetz

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    3 publications · 106 citations

    3

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  5. FM
    Felix Masiye

    University of Zambia, Zambia

    3 publications · 203 citations

    3

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Institutions

44

  1. Université de Montréal

    Montreal, Canada

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    556 citations

  2. Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

    Antwerp, Belgium

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    997 citations

  3. Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé

    Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    428 citations

  4. World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa

    Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    215 citations

  5. Tufts University

    Medford, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

  6. University of Zambia

    Lusaka, Zambia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    356 citations

  7. World Health Organization - Uganda

    Kampala, Uganda

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    873 citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique

    Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    50 citations

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Venues

  1. Health Policy and Planning

    6 publications · 496 citations

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  2. BMC Health Services Research

    4 publications · 247 citations

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  3. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy

    2 publications · 76 citations

    2

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  4. PLoS ONE

    2 publications · 151 citations

    2

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  5. BMC Women s Health

    1 publications · 36 citations

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