Incentivizing universal safe delivery in Nepal: 10 years of experience

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1185-1192

  Ensor, Tim ^a   Bhatt, Hema ^b   Tiwari, Suresh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Aama Programme Adviser   (Nepal)

^c Country Direc ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Demand side funding; maternal health; maternal incentive scheme

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEPAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; MOTIVATION; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REIMBURSEMENT; RURAL HEALTH; UTILIZATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; NEPAL; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 85030723408     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czx070     Document Type: Review

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