3.3. Analysis.

Comparison 3 Unconditional cash transfer compared with same unconditional cash transfer paid through different mechanism, Outcome 3 Health service expenditure.

Health service expenditure
Study	Outcome	Mean in control group	Mean in intervention group	Number of participants	Comments
Aker 2011	Used cash transfer to pay for health services, reporting period unclear Proportion (follow‐up: 3 months after 5 months of intervention)	29%	0.05 lower (0.13 lower to 0.03 higher)	1200 households	Measure of treatment effect: mean difference. No evidence for any difference in treatment effect between the Fulani or Touareg ethnic group and the Hausa ethnic group (P = 0.26).