Household costs of care in children under five attending primary care in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger: a cross-sectional study nested in the AIRE project.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Out-of-pocket payments limit access to care in Africa. The Amélioration de l'Identification des détresses Respiratoires de l'Enfant/Improving Identification of Respiratory Distress in Children (AIRE) project evaluated the implementation of pulse oximetry within Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines at primary health centres (PHCs) in Burkina Faso and Niger (with total exemption policies) and in Mali and Guinea (with partial exemption policies). We measured households' out-of-pocket expenditures for treating children under 5 years of age and analysed the associated factors.

Methods

Between June 2021 and May 2022, all children under 5 years of age attending IMCI consultations, excluding simple non-respiratory cases, aged 2-59 months, were en

SUBMITTER: Agbeci H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684209 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature