Does maternal health voucher scheme have association with distance inequality in maternal and newborn care utilization? Evidence from rural Bangladesh.
Asiful Haidar ChowdhurySyed Manzoor Ahmed HanifiMohammad IqbalAazia HossainWilliam StonesMark AmosSaseendran PallikadavathAbbas BhuiyaShehrin Shaila MahmoodPublished in: PloS one (2023)
The study found the use of MNCoC to be similar for all MHVS beneficiaries irrespective of their distance to health facilities whereas non-beneficiary women living further away had lower utilization rates. MHVS could have potentially reduced distance-related inequality for its beneficiaries. However, despite the provision of transport incentives under MHVS the reduction in inequality in facility delivery was limited. We propose a revision of the transportation incentive adjusting for distance, geographical remoteness, road condition, and transport cost to enhance the impact of MHVS.
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