Commercialization of obstetric and neonatal care in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A study of the variability in user fees in Lubumbashi, 2014.
OBJECTIVE:In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, insufficient state financing of the health system produced weak progress toward targets of Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5. In Lubumbashi, almost all women pay out-of-pocket for obstetric and neonatal care. As no standard pricing system has bee...
Main Authors: | Abel Mukengeshayi Ntambue, Françoise Kaj Malonga, Michèle Dramaix-Wilmet, Tabitha Mpoyi Ilunga, Angel Nkola Musau, Charles Matungulu Matungulu, Karen D Cowgill, Philippe Donnen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2018-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6179261?pdf=render |
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