Background: Cost is a major barrier to maternal health service utilisation for many women in
low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, comparable evidence of the available …

Background In the last two decades, India's central and many state governments launched
several public health programs with the goal of improving maternal and child health …

Introduction The free maternal health policy was implemented in Ghana in 2008 under the
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). The policy sought to eliminate out of pocket …

Abstract Background The National Health Mission (NHM), one of the largest publicly funded
maternal health programs worldwide was initiated in 2005 to reduce maternal, neo-natal …

Background: A woman's satisfaction with childbirth services can have a significant impact on
her mental health and ability to bond with her neonate. Knowing postnatal women's opinions …

This study identifies the driving forces that contribute to the probabilities of incidence of out‐
of‐pocket (OOP) expenditures by households in Turkey. Factors affecting the probability of …

Increasing caesarean births is a global trend and of recent origin in India. Besides its utility
and disutility, increasing caesarean births exert higher economic burden on households and …

Abstract Background The Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY) is the largest ever conditional cash
transfer programme worldwide. It primarily aimed to reduce the maternal and child mortality …

Abstract Background Maternity care in South Asia is available in both public and private
sectors. Using data from demographic surveillance sites in Bangladesh, Nepal and rural and …

Background Owing to the lack of compiled global evidence on out‐of‐pocket expenditure
(OOPE) for antenatal care (ANC), this systematic review and meta‐analysis estimated the …