Effects of the free healthcare policy on health services' usage by children under 5 years in Burkina Faso: a controlled interrupted time-series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to analyse, at national level, the effects of the free healthcare policy for children on the use of health services by children under five in Burkina Faso. We hypothesised that this policy has led to an immediate and sustained increase in the use of health services for these children in the country.

Setting

We conducted a controlled interrupted time series. Monthly data at district level, spanning from January 2013 to December 2018 and corresponding to 72 monthly data points (39 before and 33 after), were extracted from the Burkina Faso National Health Information System. The analysed dataset included data from all the 70 health districts of the country.

Participants

The study consisted of aggregated data from children under five as the tar

SUBMITTER: Debe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9680150 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature