Encouraging maternal health service utilization: An evaluation of the Bangladesh voucher program

• Published in: Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 74; no. 7; pp. 989 - 996
• Main Authors: Nguyen, Ha T.H., Hatt, Laurel, Islam, Mursaleena, Sloan, Nancy L., Chowdhury, Jamil, Schmidt, Jean-Olivier, Hossain, Atia, Wang, Hong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2012; Elsevier; Pergamon Press Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Bangladesh; Biological and medical sciences; Cesarean Section - statistics & numerical data; Developing Countries; Disadvantaged; Epidemiology; Female; Females; Financing; General aspects; Health Behavior; Health Care Services; Health Care Utilization; Health services; Health services utilization; Humans; Impact evaluation; Infant mortality; Intervention; Maternal health; Maternal Health Services - economics; Maternal Health Services - utilization; Maternal Welfare; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Mortality Rates; Mothers; Motivation; Program Evaluation; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Regression analysis; Service utilization; Voucher program; Voucher programme; Vouchers; Women's health; Womens health; Young Adult; Asia; Bangladesh; Service utilization; Bangladesh; Maternal health; Impact evaluation; Financing; Voucher program; Human; Evaluation; Program; Use; Health service; Epidemiology; Pregnancy; Mother; Social medicine; Public health

With the ultimate goal of reducing maternal and neonatal mortality, many countries have recently adopted innovative financing mechanisms to encourage the use of professional maternal health services. The current study evaluates one such initiative – a pilot voucher program in Bangladesh. The program...