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. 2014 Mar 17;92(5):331–339. doi: 10.2471/BLT.13.129122

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
Three or more antenatal care visits
Delivery in a public health-care facility
Postnatal care
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.

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