Community-level effect of the reproductive health vouchers program on out-of-pocket spending on family planning and safe motherhood services in Kenya

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Obare, Francis ^a   Warren, Charlotte ^b   Kanya, Lucy ^c   Abuya, Timothy ^a   Bellows, Ben ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATIENT SAFETY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960422510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1000-3     Document Type: Article

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