OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of user charges on the uptake of health services in low-
and middle-income countries. METHODS: A systematic search of 25 social science …

An estimated 9.7 million children under the age of five die every year worldwide,
approximately 41% of them in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). Access to adequate health care is …

A lack of good quality evidence on the effect of alternative social policies in low-and middle-
income countries has been recently underlined and the value of randomized trials …

This paper reviews the experience of implementing user fees in Africa. It describes the two
main approaches to implementing user fees that have been applied in African countries, the …

Many low-and middle-income countries continue to search for better ways of financing their
health systems. Common to many of these systems are problems of inadequate resource …

Plain language summary The impact of user fees on access to health services in low‐and
middle‐income countries Researchers in the Cochrane Collaboration conducted a review of …

Coverage of cost-effective maternal health services remains poor due to insufficient supply
and inadequate demand for these services among the poorest groups. Households pay too …

Objective To assess the evidence of the impact of user fees on maternal health service
utilization and related health outcomes in low-and middle-income countries, as well as their …

In this article we outline research since 1995 on the impact of various financing strategies on
access to health services or health outcomes in low income countries. The limited evidence …

User fee removal has been put forward as an approach to increasing priority health service
utilization, reducing impoverishment, and ultimately reducing maternal and neonatal …