Incremental cost of increasing access to maternal health care services: Perspectives from a demand and supply side intervention in Eastern Uganda

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mayora, Chrispus ^a   Ekirapa Kiracho, Elizabeth ^a   Bishai, David ^b   Peters, David H ^b   Okui, Olico ^a   Baine, Sebastian O ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Demand side; Maternal health; Supply side; Sustainability; Vouchers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DRIVER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL HEALTH CARE SERVICE; UGANDA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; POSTNATAL CARE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

EID: 84902698357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-7547-12-14     Document Type: Article

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