Effect of the free healthcare policy on socioeconomic inequalities in care seeking for fever in children under five years in Burkina Faso: a population-based surveys analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2016, Burkina Faso implemented a free healthcare policy as an initiative to remove user fees for women and under-5 children to improve access to healthcare. Socioeconomic inequalities create disparities in the use of health services which can be reduced by removing user fees. This study aimed to assess the effect of the free healthcare policy (FHCP) on the reduction of socioeconomic inequalities in the use of health services in Burkina Faso.

Methods

Data were obtained from three nationally representative population based surveys of 2958, 2617, and 1220 under-5 children with febrile illness in 2010, 2014, and 2017-18 respectively. Concentration curves were constructed for the periods before and after policy implementation to assess socioeconomic inequalities in

SUBMITTER: Samadoulougou S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9438346 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature