Impact assessment and cost-effectiveness of m-health application used by community health workers for maternal, newborn and child health care services in rural Uttar Pradesh, India: A study protocol

Global Health Action

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Prinja, Shankar ^a   Nimesh, Ruby ^a   Gupta, Aditi ^a   Bahuguna, Pankaj ^a   Thakur, Jarnail Singh ^a   Gupta, Madhu ^a   Singh, Tarundeep ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Community health worker; Cost effectiveness analysis; Health services research; Impact assessment; M health; Maternal and child health

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOBILE APPLICATION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84969498461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v9.31473     Document Type: Article

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