Improving maternal care through a state-wide health insurance program: A cost and cost-effectiveness study in rural Nigeria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Gomez, Gabriela B ^a,b   Foster, Nicola ^c   Brals, Daniella ^a   Nelissen, Heleen E ^a   Bolarinwa, Oladimeji A ^d   Hendriks, Marleen E ^a   Boers, Alexander C ^a   Van Eck, Diederik ^e   Rosendaal, Nicole ^a   Adenusi, Peju ^f   Agbede, Kayode ^g   Akande, Tanimola M ^d   Van Hensbroek, Michael Boele ^h   Wit, Ferdinand W ^a   Hankins, Catherine A ^a,b   Schultsz, Constance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^e PharmAccess Foundation   (Netherlands)

^f Hygeia Nigeria Ltd   (Nigeria)

^g Ogo Oluwa Hospital   (Nigeria)

^h EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; BUDGET IMPACT ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCREMENTAL COST EFFECTIVENESS RATIO; KWARA STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM; MATERNAL CARE; NIGERIA; ONE WAY SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROBABILISTIC SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; RURAL AREA; SCALE UP; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

BUDGETS; COHORT STUDIES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84946962356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139048     Document Type: Article

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