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- Title
The impact of a reproductive health voucher in Uganda using a quasi-experimental matching design.
- Authors
Andersson, Christian; Kawuki, Tonny; Månsson, Jonas; Nankaja, Christine; Sund, Krister; Wigren, Emma; Zungu, Mathias Mulumba
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
UGANDA; HEALTH services accessibility; REPRODUCTIVE health; MATERNAL health services; PATIENT safety; INFANT mortality; RESEARCH funding; AT-risk people; PREGNANT women; RESEARCH methodology; PREGNANCY complications; POVERTY
- Publication
Reproductive Health, 2024, Vol 21, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1742-4755
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12978-024-01812-2