Community health fund (CHF) in Tanzania : predictors of and barriers to enrolment

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dc.contributor.advisorThiede, Michaelen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorChitama, Derecken_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-09T15:52:31Z
dc.date.available2014-11-09T15:52:31Z
dc.date.issued2007en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 95-103).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractMost low-income countries have not been able to fulfill the health care needs of the poor, and especially the rural population. Budgetary and other resource constraints in the health sector have been the major causes of this failure. Tanzania, like any other poor country is faced with challenges in health care financing, such that it cannot provide adequate cushion against health care costs for the majority of its population. One response to this situation was the health care financing reforms which among others saw the introduction of voluntary Community Health Fund (CHF) in 1996. The aim of the CHF was to mobilize resources through collection prepayments from households on a voluntary basis to fund primary health care for people in the informal sector operating in rural areas. However, CHF membership (enrollment) has been reported to be below the targeted coverage of 85% of the population living in rural areas. The percentage of households joining CHF has been ranging from 4% to 18% in various districts. This low enrolment prompted the need to study the predictors of and barriers to enrolment in CHF.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationChitama, D. (2007). <i>Community health fund (CHF) in Tanzania : predictors of and barriers to enrolment</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Health Economics Unit. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9459en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationChitama, Dereck. <i>"Community health fund (CHF) in Tanzania : predictors of and barriers to enrolment."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Health Economics Unit, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9459en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationChitama, D. 2007. Community health fund (CHF) in Tanzania : predictors of and barriers to enrolment. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Chitama, Dereck AB - Most low-income countries have not been able to fulfill the health care needs of the poor, and especially the rural population. Budgetary and other resource constraints in the health sector have been the major causes of this failure. Tanzania, like any other poor country is faced with challenges in health care financing, such that it cannot provide adequate cushion against health care costs for the majority of its population. One response to this situation was the health care financing reforms which among others saw the introduction of voluntary Community Health Fund (CHF) in 1996. The aim of the CHF was to mobilize resources through collection prepayments from households on a voluntary basis to fund primary health care for people in the informal sector operating in rural areas. However, CHF membership (enrollment) has been reported to be below the targeted coverage of 85% of the population living in rural areas. The percentage of households joining CHF has been ranging from 4% to 18% in various districts. This low enrolment prompted the need to study the predictors of and barriers to enrolment in CHF. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - Community health fund (CHF) in Tanzania : predictors of and barriers to enrolment TI - Community health fund (CHF) in Tanzania : predictors of and barriers to enrolment UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9459 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9459
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationChitama D. Community health fund (CHF) in Tanzania : predictors of and barriers to enrolment. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Health Economics Unit, 2007 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9459en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentHealth Economics Uniten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHealth Economicsen_ZA
dc.titleCommunity health fund (CHF) in Tanzania : predictors of and barriers to enrolmenten_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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