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Article: Cash on delivery: Results of a randomized experiment to promote maternal health care in Kenya
Title | Cash on delivery: Results of a randomized experiment to promote maternal health care in Kenya |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Randomized controlled trial Developing countries Global health Kenya Maternal health |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Citation | Journal of Health Economics, 2019, v. 65, p. 15-30 How to Cite? |
Abstract | © 2019 The Authors We conducted a randomized controlled experiment to test whether vouchers, cash transfers, and SMS messages were effective in boosting facility delivery rates among poor, pregnant women in rural Kenya. We find a strong effect of the full vouchers and the conditional cash transfers: 48% of women with access to both interventions delivered in a health facility, while only 36% of those with neither did. Amongst women who did not receive a cash transfer, we find that a small copayment dramatically reduced voucher effectiveness, suggesting a discontinuous impact of cost-sharing on the demand for health services. Both the unconditional cash transfer and the text messages had limited effect on the use of health services. Finally, we also find no evidence that a government policy to eliminate user fees increased demand for maternal health services. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/280486 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.444 |
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dc.contributor.author | Grépin, Karen A. | - |
dc.contributor.author | Habyarimana, James | - |
dc.contributor.author | Jack, William | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-17T14:34:09Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-02-17T14:34:09Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Health Economics, 2019, v. 65, p. 15-30 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0167-6296 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/280486 | - |
dc.description.abstract | © 2019 The Authors We conducted a randomized controlled experiment to test whether vouchers, cash transfers, and SMS messages were effective in boosting facility delivery rates among poor, pregnant women in rural Kenya. We find a strong effect of the full vouchers and the conditional cash transfers: 48% of women with access to both interventions delivered in a health facility, while only 36% of those with neither did. Amongst women who did not receive a cash transfer, we find that a small copayment dramatically reduced voucher effectiveness, suggesting a discontinuous impact of cost-sharing on the demand for health services. Both the unconditional cash transfer and the text messages had limited effect on the use of health services. Finally, we also find no evidence that a government policy to eliminate user fees increased demand for maternal health services. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Health Economics | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject | Randomized controlled trial | - |
dc.subject | Developing countries | - |
dc.subject | Global health | - |
dc.subject | Kenya | - |
dc.subject | Maternal health | - |
dc.title | Cash on delivery: Results of a randomized experiment to promote maternal health care in Kenya | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2018.12.001 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 30878794 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85062851041 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 65 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 15 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 30 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1879-1646 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000479182400002 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0167-6296 | - |