Assessing Performance of Exemption Scheme: A Case Study of the Ocean Road Cancer Institute

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Despite the existence of the national exemptions policy in Tanzania a large proportion of the deserving poor and vulnerable in the country do not have adequate access to health care. A conspicuous group among these is cancer patients who need lifelong treatment and expensive drugs. This was the basis of study to assess the extent of implementation and utilization of Exemption scheme at Ocean Road Cancer institute. To assess the performance of the exemption scheme for the purpose of improving lives of the people suffering from cancer at ORCI through addressing identified gaps. This was a cross sectional study employing both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The quantitative approach involved about 210 patients selected by systematic sampling whereby responses were obtained by administering structured questionnaire, and the qualitative approach involved purposively selected 6 key informants whereby in-depth interview was used to obtain attitudes, views, and experiences in regards

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