Encouraging maternal health service utilization: An evaluation of the Bangladesh voucher program

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 989-996

  Nguyen, Ha T H ^a   Hatt, Laurel ^a   Islam, Mursaleena ^a   Sloan, Nancy L ^b   Chowdhury, Jamil ^b   Schmidt, Jean Olivier ^c   Hossain, Atia ^c   Wang, Hong ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b Independent consultant ^*  (Bangladesh)

^c Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ GmbH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Financing; Impact evaluation; Maternal health; Service utilization; Voucher program

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH SERVICES; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NEONATE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOUCHER PROGRAM;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTIVATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; YOUNG ADULT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 84862777254     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.030     Document Type: Article

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