SynthesisStudies in family planning2016
Family Planning Vouchers in Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review.
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31 citing papers in PubMed.
- Can personalized digital counseling improve consumer search for modern contraceptive methods?Science advances · 2023Trial
- Challenge in Predicting Persistence to P2Y12 Inhibitors: A Perspective From the ARTEMIS Trial.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Trial
- Provision of family planning vouchers and early initiation of postpartum contraceptive use among women living with HIV in southwestern Uganda: A randomized controlled trial.PLoS medicine · 2019Trial
- Modern contraceptive use, associated factors and reasons for non-use among young lactating mothers in the context of free family planning services in the Kaya municipality setting, Burkina Faso.Journal of public health in Africa · 2026Article
- Sexual and reproductive health of Sudanese refugee girls in Chad: mixed methods study with perspectives from 12-19 year old girls, parents, and health workers.BMC public health · 2024Article
- A study protocol for integrating outpatient services at the primary health care level as part of the universal health coverage benefit package within the national health insurance program of Pakistan through private health facilities.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Financing for equity for women's, children's and adolescents' health in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Assessing the sustainability of two independent voucher-based family planning programs in Pakistan: a 24-months post-intervention evaluation.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2023Article
- Cost-effectiveness of increased contraceptive coverage using family planning benefits cards compared with the standard of care for young women in Uganda.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2023Article
- Does abolishing user fees for family planning increase contraception use? An impact evaluation of the national policy in Burkina Faso.Journal of global health · 2022Article
- Impact of social protection on gender equality in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review of reviews.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Review
- Free Access to a Broad Contraceptive Method Mix and Women's Contraceptive Choice: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa.Studies in family planning · 2021Article
- Risk factors and knowledge associated with high unintended pregnancy rates and low family planning use among pregnant women in Papua New Guinea.Scientific reports · 2021Observational
- Sexual and reproductive health services in universal health coverage: a review of recent evidence from low- and middle-income countries.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2020Review
- The inclusion of sexual and reproductive health services within universal health care through intentional design.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2020Article
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- Assessing Effectiveness of Multipurpose Voucher Scheme to Enhance Contraceptive Choices, Equity, and Child Immunization Coverage: Results of an Interventional Study from Pakistan.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2020Article
- Time trends in demand for family planning satisfied: analysis of 73 countries using national health surveys over a 24-year period.Journal of global health · 2019Article
- What is the long term impact of voucher scheme on primary care? Findings from a repeated cross sectional study using propensity score matching.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- The Extent to Which Performance-Based Financing Programs' Operations Manuals Reflect Rights-Based Principles: Implications for Family Planning Services.Global health, science and practice · 2019Review
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedERRATA.2017
Authors and funding
6 authors.
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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.
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