Case for selective user fees in health care : an examination of the issues related to user fees among vulnerable Jamaicans

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dc.contributor.authorBailey, Wilma
dc.contributor.authorGordon-Strachan, Georgiana
dc.contributor.authorLalta, Stanley
dc.contributor.authorBarnett, Jasper
dc.contributor.authorHenry-Lee, Aldrie
dc.contributor.authorAlleyne, Dillon
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-09T13:54:27Z
dc.date.available2010-07-09T13:54:27Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionDue to copyright restrictions, this item cannot be shareden
dc.description.abstractThe study examined the impact of user fees on vulnerable sectors of the population in need of preventive services and or affected by diabetes and hypertension. Results suggest that health care costs discouraged utilisation by clients with chronic conditions. Decentralised bodies ignored a key justification for the previous reform programme: to be responsive to community needs. This translated at the health centre level into aggressive discouragement of requests for payment waivers, and therefore a denial of care for the needy. The study and its evidence became a key issue in a forthcoming election campaign.en
dc.formatTexten
dc.format.extent202 p. : ill.en
dc.format.mimetypeApplication/pdf
dc.identifier.isbn978-976-40-0073-0
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/44119
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of the West Indies, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Kingston, JMen
dc.subjectUSER FEESen
dc.subjectJAMAICAen
dc.subjectHEALTH FINANCINGen
dc.subjectSOCIAL SECURITYen
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKINGen
dc.subjectHEALTH SYSTEMen
dc.subjectEVIDENCE-BASED PLANNINGen
dc.subjectHEALTH EQUITYen
dc.subjectVULNERABLE GROUPSen
dc.subjectWEST INDIESen
dc.titleCase for selective user fees in health care : an examination of the issues related to user fees among vulnerable Jamaicansen
dc.typeBooken
idrc.dspace.accessIDRC Onlyen
idrc.project.componentnumber102107004
idrc.project.number102107
idrc.project.titleExtending Social Protection in Health in LAC: Bridging Research and Practice - Phase IIen
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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