Evaluation of public subsidy for medical travel: does it protect against household impoverishment?

Abstract Background In resource-constrained health systems medical travel is a common alternative to seeking unavailable health services. This paper was motivated by the need to understand better the impact of such travel on households and health systems. Methods We used primary data from 344 subsid...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mariyam Suzana, Helen Walls, Richard Smith, Johanna Hanefeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-018-0726-z