The impact of vouchers on the use and quality of health care in developing countries: A systematic review

Global Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 363-388

  Brody, Carinne Meyer ^a,b   Bellows, Nicole ^c   Campbell, Martha ^d   Potts, Malcom ^b  

^a TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Independent Consultant   (Kenya)

^d Venture Strategies for Health and Development   (United States)

Author keywords

demand side financing; developing countries; health care financing; health vouchers; systematic review

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOUCHER PROGRAMME;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84876333614     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.759254     Document Type: Review

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