Announcing two new
publications from Management Sciences for Health!
1) Ensuring Equal Access to Health Services: User Fee Systems and
the
Poor. This book examines user fee systems in five countries
(Kenya,
Guinea, Tanzania, Ecuador, and Indonesia) and synthesizes the
findings to
make recommendations for policy experts and decision-makers.
Audiences for
this book include teachers and students of international public
health,
managers of health programs in developing countries, donors
financing
health care activities, health economists, and health policymakers
seeking
to make new or existing user fee systems more equitable.
2) User Fees for Health Services: Guidelines for Protecting the
Poor.
Health policymakers and program managers in both the public and
private
sectors will find this book useful for designing and
implementing
financing mechanisms that protect the poor and ensure equity. The
guide
helps policymakers and program managers to consider what information
they
need if they plan to introduce user fees. It addresses important
issues
such as: What is the role of user fees in funding health services?
When
are special mechanisms necessary to protect the poor? What types
of
mechanisms are available, and how effective and costly are
they?
are free of charge to people in Asia, Latin America, and Africa.
Funds
received from sales in North America, Western Europe, Japan, and
Australia
support reprinting and distribution of our publications in 180
countries
worldwide.
Please forward this message to colleagues who may be interested in
these
publications.
Sincerely yours,
Sherry Cotaco
Bookstore and Distribution Manager
Management Sciences for Health
165 Allandale Road
Boston, MA 02130
Tel: (617) 524-7799 x 280
Fax: (617) 524-2825