Waivers and exemptions for health services in developing countries : Exenciones de pago y prestaciones gratuitas en los servicios de salud de los paises en desarrollo (Spanish)

In response to shrinking budgets and growing demands, many developing countries have adopted formal or informal user fees in government health facilities. While they raise revenue, in the absence of special provisions user fees may hurt equity and efficiency. This paper reviews the success of two such provisions-waivers and exemptions. Waivers enable the poor to obtain free healthcare while exemptions enable all people to receive certain services...
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Bitran Dicowsky,Ricardo A.; Giedion,Ursula.

Waivers and exemptions for health services in developing countries : Exenciones de pago y prestaciones gratuitas en los servicios de salud de los paises en desarrollo (Spanish). Social safety nets primer notes|no. 9 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/756341468043486143

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