Bypassing Health Providers : The Quest for Better Price and Quality of Health Care in Chad

Bypassing Health Providers : The Quest for Better Price and Quality of Health Care in Chad

This paper investigates individuals' bypassing behavior in the health sector in Chad and the determinants of individuals' facility choice. The authors introduce a new way to measure bypassing using the patients' own knowledge of alte...

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Main Authors:	Gauthier, Bernard, Wane, Waly
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABILITY TO PAY ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES AILMENT ANIMAL HEALTH BEDS BIRTHS CLINICS DEATHS DIAGNOSIS DIRECT COSTS DISTRICTS DOCTOR DOCTORS DRUGS DWELLING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE CENTERS HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH CARE MARKETS HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE QUALITY HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH POLICIES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE PROVIDERS HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HOMES HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESS ILLNESSES INCOME INFECTIOUS DISEASES INFORMAL CARE INHABITANTS INTERVENTION LIFE EXPECTANCY MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL FACILITIES MEDICAL PERSONNEL MEDICAL TREATMENT MEDICATION MEDICINE MIDWIVES MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD NURSES PATIENT PATIENTS PHARMACIES PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROBABILITY PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE RURAL AREA RURAL AREAS SOCIAL SCIENCE URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATIONS VACCINATION VILLAGES VISITS WORK FORCE WORKERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8913823/bypassing-health-providers-quest-better-price-quality-health-care-chad http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6456

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8913823/bypassing-health-providers-quest-better-price-quality-health-care-chad
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6456