Effects of User Fees and Improvements in Quality of Health Services on Demand for Health Care: Findings from Rural Areas of Bangladesh
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Résumé
Tightened budgets have forced many developing countries to make difficult choices regarding the financing and provision of health care services. Some governments are beginning to reevaluate policy of providing heavy subsidies and are considering whether to introduce various cost recovery schemes. In Bangladesh, user fees were introduced for a range of services in the Thana Health Complexes (THCs) under the Thana Functional Improvement Pilot Project (TFIPP), which has been developing innovative approaches to increase utilization of health services by improving their quality, effectiveness and efficiency. However, the success of any cost sharing scheme aimed at mobilizing resources from private individuals is dependent on price responsiveness of demand for health care. The main objective of this study was to examine the possible trade-offs between cost recovery and utilization of health services for different income groups. The study also analyzed the impact of user fees on health seeking behavior and perceived quality of care.The study used the data from facility based patient-exit interviews and community based household interviews carried out in February 1999 under the TFIPP. Information was collected from 2400 respondents in intervention and control areas. The latter, for the user fees intervention, are areas within the TFIPP geographical coverage where user fees were not introduced. The study used multinomial logit approach that not only focused on one decision (whether health care was sought) but also on the type of health care that was demanded.The results of the study showed that the major determinants of demand for health care were total expenditure on health care, including charged price, income, perceived quality of care, asset income, education and health program campaign. The study revealed that user fees had a very negligible effect on utilization, and price elasticities were very low. Household's income positively influenced the demand for health care and the other two supplier specific variables-- distance to facility and travel time-- had significant adverse effect on utilization. The findings showed that price elasticities decreased as the level of household income increased.Improving basic services such as vaccinations, child care and availability of drugs was likely to have a significant effect on demand for health care. The estimated effects of availability of health workers and behavior of provider were positive, but have lower elasticities. Perceived quality of care played an important role in demand for health care and it was considerably higher in intervention areas than in control areas. The reason might be that the user fees in these facilities were set according to a community participatory process and retained as well as used to improve quality of services at the local level. The design of policy reforms in the public health care sector requires reliable estimates of the effects of user fees on utilization and quality of health services. The findings of this study revealed that some amount of user fees can be introduced without adversely affecting the utilization, if the perceived quality of services is improved simultaneously.
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