Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa, accessibility to affordable quality care is often poor and
health expenditures are mostly paid out of pocket. Health insurance, protecting individuals …

In Bangladesh, a serious dearth of qualified health workers, in terms of absolute number,
skill mix and geographic distribution, as well as absenteeism, limits access to formal …

There has been a dramatic spread of market relationships in many low-and middle-income
countries. This spread has been much faster than the development of the institutional …

Background The presence of a large informal healthcare sector in many low-and middle-
income countries poses both challenges and opportunities for achieving a people-centered …

Methods This is a cross-sectional descriptive survey, carried out among market women in
Ibadan, Nigeria. In a multi-stage sampling technique, a total of 351 women were interviewed …

Health insurance coverage of the informal sector is a challenge in Nigeria. This study
assessed the methods of payment for health care and awareness about the National Health …

Informal health care providers (IPs) comprise a significant component of health systems in
developing nations. Yet little is known about the most basic characteristics of performance …

The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors influencing the uptake of National
Health Insurance in the informal sector in Ithanga Division, Murang'a County, Kenya. The …

Although informal patient payments are a common feature of health systems in developing
countries, little empirical evidence is available about the prevalence and magnitude of these …

The dynamics of informal health markets in marginalised regions are relevant to policy
discourse in India, but are poorly understood. We examine how informal health markets …