Who benefits from removing user fees for facility-based delivery services? Evidence on socioeconomic differences from Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4750369 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Britt Mckinnon (0000-0002-3109-5474, McGill University, corresponding author), Sam Harper (0000-0002-1590-2387, McGill University), Jay S Kaufman (0000-0003-1606-401X, McGill University) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 135 |
| Pages | 117-123 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science & Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0277-9536 • E-ISSN: 1873-5347 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.003 |
| PMID | 25965892 |
| OpenAlex | W2009671183 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 19 |
Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Political science · Population · Quartile · Sierra leone · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · User fee · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Global Maternal and Child Health · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 1,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |