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    The unbearable cost of illness. Poverty, ill-health and access to health care: evidence from Lindi Rural District, Tanzania.

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    Date
    2005
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    Witter, Sophie
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    Witter, S. (2005) The unbearable cost of illness. Poverty, ill-health and access to health care: evidence from Lindi Rural District, Tanzania., , , no. 41, , London
    Abstract
    Save the Children has studied the effects of user fees in healthcare on poor households in Tanzania. We have found that: - user fees inhibit the use of public healthcare, particularly for households coping with chronic illnesses - fee exemptions systems are complicated and difficult to understand; frequently they do not reach target groups - families with chronic health problems are likely to become significantly poorer. Save the Children recommends that: - user fees in healthcare are ended - central healthcare spending is increased - healthcare delivery is reformed to better suit the needs of families coping with chronic illness.
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    http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/sites/default/files/docs/unbareable_cost_illness_1.pdf
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    https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/3041
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