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    Determinants of poverty in Kenya : a household level analysis

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    poverty;statistical analysis;measurement;Kenya;household surveys

    Orientations futures

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    Version anglaise disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI : Research for development in the South : the case of non-francophone Sub-Saharan Afric

    IDRC Futures

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    Prepared for International Development Research CentreFrench version available in IDRC Digital Library: Recherche pour le développement dans le Sud : la situation en Afrique Subsaharienne et non francophon

    Decentralization and privatization of infrastructure

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    User charges and utilisation of health services in Kenya

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    This paper uses data from Kenya to examine the role played by user charges and the quality of health services in determining the choice of health care providers. We find that an increase in the price of using public facilities diverts demand from public to private facilities. The reduction in demand for modern healthcare, captured by an increase in the use of self-treatment, is minimal. In contrast, a decline in the quality of services may be expected to lead to a sharp reduction in the use of public facilities and additional reliance on the self-care alternative. These patterns suggest that a programme of increasing the quality of services and enhancing drug availability through cost-sharing may be more effective at meeting the healthcare needs of the population than a programme of fully subsiding health services at low standards of care. However, since improved health services entail higher costs of provision and use, targeted subsidies are required to ensure that the poor are not denied access to basic care. Difficulties in enforcing statutory fee exemptions at public health facilities have created interest among Kenyan policy makers in social health insurance as a dominant mechanism for financing health care. Demand effects of this potential shift in policy are briefly discussed

    User charges and utilisation of health services in Kenya

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    This paper uses data from Kenya to examine the role played by user charges and the quality of health services in determining the choice of health care providers. We find that an increase in the price of using public facilities diverts demand from public to private facilities. The reduction in demand for modern healthcare, captured by an increase in the use of self-treatment, is minimal. In contrast, a decline in the quality of services may be expected to lead to a sharp reduction in the use of public facilities and additional reliance on the self-care alternative. These patterns suggest that a programme of increasing the quality of services and enhancing drug availability through cost-sharing may be more effective at meeting the healthcare needs of the population than a programme of fully subsiding health services at low standards of care. However, since improved health services entail higher costs of provision and use, targeted subsidies are required to ensure that the poor are not denied access to basic care. Difficulties in enforcing statutory fee exemptions at public health facilities have created interest among Kenyan policy makers in social health insurance as a dominant mechanism for financing health care. Demand effects of this potential shift in policy are briefly discussed
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