Protocol for the evaluation of a free health insurance card scheme for poor pregnant women in Mbeya region in Tanzania: A controlled-before and after study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Borghi, Josephine ^a,b   Ramsey, Kate ^c   Kuwawenaruwa, August ^a   Baraka, Jitihada ^a   Patouillard, Edith ^a,b   Bellows, Ben ^d   Binyaruka, Peter ^a   Manzi, Fatuma ^a  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Demand side financing; Economic evaluation; Health insurance; Impact evaluation; Maternal health; Poverty; Process evaluation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED BEFORE-AFTER STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936947364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0905-1     Document Type: Article

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