Increasing Rural Health Clinic Utilization with SMS Updates: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Uganda

World Development

Volumn 99, Issue , 2017, Pages 419-430

  Chicoine, Luke ^a,b   Guzman, Juan Carlos ^c  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Bonn and IAB   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

children's healthcare; mobile technology; parental favoritism; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; PARENTAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL PLANNING;

UGANDA;

EID: 85021771056     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.05.029     Document Type: Article

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