Medicine
3 years ago

Healthcare reforms in Tanzania lead to unequal prescription allocations for patients.

Utafiti
Social Injustice by Prescription?
Gozibert Kamugisha, Peter Nyakubega

Paper Summary

The healthcare system in Tanzania has been reformed to make medical services more available and fair. A study in Dar es Salaam found that patients with low incomes get fewer prescriptions and less medication compared to wealthier patients with insurance. This difference in treatment might not be fair, but the reasons behind it are not clear.

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