The impact of a reproductive health voucher in Uganda using a quasi-experimental matching design.

Autor: Andersson C; The Swedish National Audit Office, Stockholm, 102 33, Sweden.; Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, 371 41, Sweden., Kawuki T; The Office of the Auditor General Uganda, Kampala, Uganda., Månsson J; Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, 371 41, Sweden. jpm@bth.se., Nankaja C; The Office of the Auditor General Uganda, Kampala, Uganda., Sund K; The Swedish National Audit Office, Stockholm, 102 33, Sweden.; The Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden., Wigren E; The Swedish National Audit Office, Stockholm, 102 33, Sweden., Zungu MM; The Office of the Auditor General Uganda, Kampala, Uganda.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Reproductive health [Reprod Health] 2024 Jun 07; Vol. 21 (1), pp. 82. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 07.
DOI: 10.1186/s12978-024-01812-2
Abstrakt: 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.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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