User fees and worst off: it’s time to find a solution
- Correspondence to: Valéry Ridde International Health Unit, Medical Faculty, Université de Montréal, 3875 rue Saint-Urbain, Montréal, QC Canada, H2W 1V1; valery.ridde{at}umontreal.ca
Rooted in market oriented approaches to health financing, user fees have been recommended for two decades by international agencies and aid donors as a mechanism for mobilising new resources and rationalising service delivery. Many developing countries are still relying on user fees. No credit was permitted in a health centre …







