Vouchers for health: A demand side output-based aid approach to reproductive health services in Kenya

Global Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 578-594

  Janisch, C P ^a,b   Albrecht, M ^b   Wolfschuetz, A ^b   Kundu, F ^c   Klein, S ^b  

^a KfW Banking Group   (Germany)

^b IGES Institut   (Germany)

^c National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Consumer led demand side financing; Output based aid; Public private partnerships; Reproductive and child health; Vouchers for health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KENYA; POVERTY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77958498207     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441690903436573     Document Type: Article

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