Making free public healthcare attractive: optimizing health equity funds in Cambodia

• Main Authors: Bart Jacobs (Author), Ashish Bajracharya (Author), Jyotirmoy Saha (Author), Chhorvann Chhea (Author), Ben Bellows (Author), Steffen Flessa (Author), Adelio Fernandes Antunes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Following the introduction of user fees in Cambodia, Health Equity Funds (HEF) were developed to enable poor people access to public health services by paying public health providers on their behalf, including non-medical costs for hospitalised beneficiaries (HEFB). The national...