Conditional cash transfer schemes in Nigeria: Potential gains for maternal and child health service uptake in a national pilot programme

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Okoli, Ugo ^a   Morris, Laura ^a   Oshin, Adetokunbo ^a   Pate, Muhammad A ^b   Aigbe, Chidimma ^a   Muhammad, Ado ^a  

^a NATIONAL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Nigeria)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Conditional cash transfer; Demand creation; Health services; Maternal health; Maternal newborn and child health; Nigeria; Rural areas; Skilled birth attendance; Social protection

Indexed keywords

ORAL POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; NIGERIA; PILOT STUDY; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERINATAL DEATH; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL DEATH; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84924138716     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-014-0408-9     Document Type: Article

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