Improved Access to Quality Care and Healthcare Use
This study is an individual-level randomised controlled trial which looks at the effect of providing free access to higher quality providers in urban South Africa. The study will recruit about 1,500 individuals with a child aged 5 or under. They will be randomly allocate to a control group (CONTROL) with the default free access to government facilities or one of the two treatment groups where they will have free access to private providers located either relatively close (CONVENIENT) by or relatively far (INCONVENIENT). The primary outcomes be overuse and underuse of healthcare services for children under 5
- EligibilityCriteria: Inclusion Criteria:  parent has a child aged under 6 years old and over 2 months old  Exclusion Criteria:  is planning to move out of the area in the next 3 months has private medical aid - HealthyVolunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers - Gender: All - MinimumAge: 2 Months - MaximumAge: 6 Years - StdAgeList: Child