Health Financing Policy Reform in Tanzania: Payment Mechanisms for Poor and Vulnerable Groups in Korogwe District. Small Applied Research No. 13

摘要

This report describes a study of health care financing mechanisms appropriate for the poor and vulnerable groups, performed by the Amani Medical Research Center, Tanzania, under a grant from the small applied research program of the Partnerships for Health Reform. The study was carried out in Korogwe District and used malaria, a relatively endemic public disease in the district, as a tracer disease. Data was collected through qualitative and quantitative techniques, adopting structured and semistructured interview approaches. Multistage sampling method was adopted for selecting study villages and health facilities.