Table 4. Maternal health-care voucher schemes and the use of maternity care, Cambodia, 2005–2010.
Women offered vouchers | Estimated percentage point change in probabilitya of outcome attributable to the voucher scheme |
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Three or more antenatal care visits |
Delivery in a public health-care facility |
Postnatal care |
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Mean | SEb | Mean | SEb | Mean | SEb | |||
All voucher schemes | ||||||||
All | 3.2 | 2.3 | 10.1** | 4.4 | 5.3** | 2.4 | ||
Poorc | 4.8 | 3.6 | 15.6** | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
Non-poor | 2.1 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 4.7 | 6.8** | 1.8 | ||
Targeted voucher schemesd | ||||||||
All | −1.6 | 2.8 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 6.4* | 3.9 | ||
Poorc | −3.4 | 4.0 | 11.3** | 5.4 | 7.4 | 6.2 | ||
Non-poor | 1.6 | 5.2 | 2.3 | 5.8 | 5.6*** | 2.1 | ||
Universal voucher schemes | ||||||||
All | 5.4** | 2.4 | 11.8** | 5.8 | 4.7 | 2.9 | ||
Poorc | 10.1** | 3.9 | 17.8*** | 5.0 | 2.4 | 5.5 | ||
Non-poor | 2.9 | 2.5 | 7.0 | 5.6 | 6.0*** | 1.8 | ||
No. of observations | 4869 | NA | 7221 | NA | 5656 | NA |
NA, not applicable; SE, standard error; *, P < 0.10; **, P < 0.05; ***, P < 0.01 (Z test of no effect).
a The table shows the partial effect of the voucher schemes on the probability of each outcome, in percentage points, estimated using logit models that included the covariates listed in Table 3 plus the birth period (i.e. month and year) and district fixed effects. The effect of a voucher scheme was averaged over all births in intervention districts when the voucher scheme was in operation.
b SEs were adjusted for clustering at the operational district level.
c Women in the poorest 40% of households, as determined using a wealth index, were regarded as poor. Non-poor women were from the other 60% of households.
d Schemes targeted poor women.
Note: Data were obtained from the 2010 Cambodian Demographic and Health Survey.