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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Financial incentives and maternal health: Where do we go from here?
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, Volume 31, No. 4 SUPPL.2, Year 2013
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Description
Health financing strategies that incorporate financial incentives are being applied in many low- and middle-income countries, and improving maternal and neonatal health is often a central goal. As yet, there have been few reviews of such programmes and their impact on maternal health. The US Government Evidence Summit on Enhancing Provision and use of Maternal Health Services through Financial Incentives was convened on 24-25 April 2012 to address this gap. This article, the final in a series assessing the effects of financial incentives-performance-based incentives (PBIs), insurance, user fee exemption programmes, conditional cash transfers, and vouchers-summarizes the evidence and discusses issues of context, programme design and implementation, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability. We suggest key areas to consider when designing and implementing financial incentive programmes for enhancing maternal health and highlight gaps in evidence that could benefit from additional research. Although the methodological rigor of studies varies, the evidence, overall, suggests that financial incentives can enhance demand for and improve the supply of maternal health services. Definitive evidence demonstrating a link between incentives and improved health outcomes is lacking; however, the evidence suggests that financial incentives can increase the quantity and quality of maternal health services and address health systems and financial barriers that prevent women from accessing and providers from delivering quality, lifesaving maternal healthcare. © INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH, BANGLADESH.
Authors & Co-Authors
Morgan, Lindsay
United States, Washington
Broad Branch Associates
Stanton, Mary Ellen
United States, Washington, D.c.
United States Agency for International Development
Higgs, Elizabeth S.
United States, Bethesda
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Niaid
Balster, Robert L.
United States, Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bellows, Benjamin W.
Kenya, Nairobi
Population Council Nairobi
Brandes, Neal
United States, Washington, D.c.
United States Agency for International Development
Comfort, Alison B.
United States, Cambridge
Abt Associates, Inc.
Eichler, Rena
United States, Washington
Broad Branch Associates
Glassman, Amanda
United States, Washington, D.c.
Center for Global Development
Hatt, Laurel E.
United States, Cambridge
Abt Associates, Inc.
Conlon, Claudia Morrissey
United States, Washington, D.c.
United States Agency for International Development
Koblinsky, Marge A.
United States, Washington, D.c.
United States Agency for International Development
Statistics
Citations: 12
Authors: 12
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
ISSN:
16060997
e-ISSN:
20721315
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Participants Gender
Female