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Family Planning Vouchers in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review
Family Planning Vouchers in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review
- Source :
- Studies in Family Planning. 47:357-370
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2016.
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Abstract
- Family planning (FP) vouchers have targeted subsidies to disadvantaged populations for quality reproductive health services since the 1960s. To summarize the effect of FP voucher programs in low- and middle-income countries, a systematic review was conducted, screening studies from 33 databases through three phases: keyword search, title and abstract review, and full text review. Sixteen articles were selected including randomized control trials, controlled before-and-after, interrupted time series analyses, cohort, and before-and-after studies. Twenty-three study outcomes were clustered around contraceptive uptake, with study outcomes including fertility in the early studies and equity and discontinuation in more recent publications. Research gaps include measures of FP quality, unintended outcomes, clients' qualitative experiences, FP voucher integration with health systems, and issues related to scale-up of the voucher approach.
- Subjects :
- Program evaluation
education.field_of_study
medicine.medical_specialty
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
business.industry
Population
Developing country
Social class
Voucher
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Family planning
Family medicine
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Socioeconomics
business
education
Socioeconomic status
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Demography
Reproductive health
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17284465 and 00393665
- Volume :
- 47
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Studies in Family Planning
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3faa9f2425982ead33652d165b3b2199
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12006