Open this publication in new window or tab >>Show others...
2024 (English)In: Reproductive Health, E-ISSN 1742-4755, Vol. 21, no 1, article id 82Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This study assesses the impact of a voucher project that targeted vulnerable and poor pregnant women in Uganda. Highly subsidised vouchers gave access to a package of safe delivery services consisting of four antenatal visits, safe delivery, one postnatal visit, the treatment and management of selected pregnancy-related medical conditions and complications, and emergency transport. Vouchers were sold during the project’s operational period from 2016 to 2019. This study covers 8 out of 25 project-benefiting districts in Uganda and a total of 1,881 pregnancies, including both beneficiary and non-beneficiary mothers. Using a matching design, the results show a positive effect on the survival of new-born babies. The difference in the survival rate between the control group and the treatment group is 5.4% points, indicating that the voucher project reduced infant mortality by more than 65 per cent. © The Author(s) 2024.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
BioMed Central (BMC), 2024
Keywords
I12, I38, Infant mortality, Matching, Maternity services, N37, Quasi-experimental trial, Uganda, Voucher, Adult, Female, Financing, Government, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Maternal Health Services, Pregnancy, Prenatal Care, Reproductive Health, Article, conceptual framework, cost effectiveness analysis, health care access, human, maternal care, newborn, newborn mortality, obstetric delivery, outcome assessment, patient safety, pregnancy disorder, pregnant woman, prenatal period, quasi experimental study, voucher program, vulnerable population, maternal health service, public finance
National Category
Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:bth-26540 (URN)10.1186/s12978-024-01812-2 (DOI)001243072100001 ()38849864 (PubMedID)2-s2.0-85195533816 (Scopus ID)
2024-06-242024-06-242025-02-20Bibliographically approved