Table 8. Summary of results from albatross plots for effects of demand-side financing on use of maternity care services.

	Antenatal care	Birth with a skilled birth attendant	Birth in a healthcare facility	Postnatal care
Conditional cash transfers	Large positive effect (estimated 10 percentage point increase)	Limited positive effect	Insufficient number of studies to draw conclusions	Insufficient number of studies to draw conclusions
Unconditional cash transfers	Insufficient number of studies to draw conclusions
Short-term cash payments to offset costs	Limited positive effect	Small positive effect (estimated 2–3 percentage point increase)	Moderate positive effect (estimated 5 percentage point increase)	Limited negative effect, or no association
Vouchers for maternity care services	Moderate positive effect (estimated 5 percentage point increase)	Large positive effect (estimated 12–13 percentage point increase)	Moderate positive effect (estimated 5 percentage point increase)	Moderate positive effect (estimated 5 percentage point increase)
Vouchers for merit goods	Insufficient number of studies to draw conclusions