TY - JOUR AU - Vossius, Corinna AU - Mduma, Estomih AU - Moshiro, Robert AU - Mdoe, Paschal AU - Kvaløy, Jan Terje AU - Kidanto, Hussein AU - Lyanga, Sara AU - Ersdal, Hege PY - 2021 DA - 2021/01/28 TI - The impact of introducing ambulance and delivery fees in a rural hospital in Tanzania JO - BMC Health Services Research SP - 99 VL - 21 IS - 1 AB - Access to health care facilities is a key requirement to enhance safety for mothers and newborns during labour and delivery. Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) is a regional hospital in rural Tanzania with a catchment area of about two million inhabitants. Up to June 2013 ambulance transport and delivery at HLH were free of charge, while a user fee for both services was introduced from January 2014. We aimed to explore the impact of introducing user fees on the population of women giving birth at HLH in order to document potentially unwanted consequences in the period after introduction of fees. SN - 1472-6963 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06107-x DO - 10.1186/s12913-021-06107-x ID - Vossius2021 ER -