Increase in facility-based deliveries associated with a maternal health voucher programme in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 134-142

  Bellows, Ben ^a   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^b   Mutua, Martin Kavao ^b   Warren, Charlotte ^a   Ezeh, Alex ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Health financing; Maternity services; Reproductive health; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874914607     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czs030     Document Type: Article

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