A maternal health voucher scheme: What have we learned from the demand-side financing scheme in Bangladesh?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-32

  Ahmed, Shakil ^a   Khan, M Mahmud ^b  

^a UNFPA Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

access; Demand side financing; maternal health services; maternal health voucher

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION;

BANGLADESH; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 78650891566     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czq015     Document Type: Review

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