Author : Kurian, Oommen C.
Publisher : Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Punishing the Poor? A Look at Evidence and Action Regarding User Fees in Health Care by : Kurian, Oommen C.
Download or read book Punishing the Poor? A Look at Evidence and Action Regarding User Fees in Health Care written by Kurian, Oommen C. and published by Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “There’s now just overwhelming evidence that those user fees actually worsened health outcomes. There’s no question about it. So did the bank get it wrong before? Yeah. I think the bank was ideological” - Dr Jim Yong Kim, World Bank Head. (2014) User fees for health care were put forward as a way to recover costs and discourage the excessive use of health services and the over- consumption of care. This did not happen. Instead, user fees punished the poor. -Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General, WHO. (2009) The history of user fees imposed on the poor is a history of the poor being excluded from basic services. – Jeffrey Sachs, Director, Earth Institute, End of Poverty (2005) Pricing helps reduce excessive or unwarranted demand for a service and brings supply capacity more in line with willingness and ability to pay. Put differently, when a service costs money, people will think twice about demanding it. - World Bank, Financing health care in sub-Saharan Africa through user fees and insurance. (1995)