Health care services are dependent not only on health care system supply factors but also on continued access to a balanced spectrum of health care for each member of the community, from the removal of financial barriers to seeking care. In many developing countries, government budgets for health have been significantly reduced leading to the implementation of mechanisms where government health care providers and institutions are allowed to apply user charges to all but the indigent population. In many of these developing countries, these services in public hospitals were the only source of care provided free of charge for the majority of the population.