Inequities in accessibility to and utilisation of maternal health services in Ghana after user-fee exemption
A descriptive study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15395215 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Kuumuori Ganle (0000-0002-8382-3437, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities), Michael Parker (0000-0002-7054-4711, University of Oxford), Ray Fitzpatrick (0000-0003-0607-0563, University of Oxford), Raymond Fitzpatrick, Easmon Otupiri (0000-0001-8986-1648, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 89-89 |
| Publication date | 2014-10-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal for Equity in Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-9276 • E-ISSN: 1475-9276 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12939-014-0089-z |
| PMID | 25388288 |
| PMCID | PMC4318433 |
| OpenAlex | W2164514629 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 44 |
Exempting user-fees for maternal health services is a promising policy option for improving access to maternal health care, but might be insufficient on its own to secure equitable access to maternal health services in Ghana. Ensuring equity in access will require moving beyond user-fee exemption to addressing wider issues of supply and demand factors and the social determinants of health, including redistributing healthcare resources and services, and redressing the positional vulnerability of women in their communities
Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Equity (law · Health care · Health equity · Health services research · Political science · Residence · Social policy · Socioeconomics · User fee · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Healthcare Systems and Reforms · Medicine · Health Policy
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| Citations per year | 1.09 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |