Has the Janani Suraksha Yojana (a conditional maternity benefit transfer scheme) succeeded in reducing the economic burden of maternity in rural India? Evidence from the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh
Background. One of the constraints in the utilisation of maternal healthcare in India is the out-of-pocket expenditure. To improve the utilisation and to reduce the out-of-pocket expenditure, India launched a cash incentive scheme, Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), which provides monetary incentive to t...
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| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2018-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Public Health Research |
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| Online Access: | http://jphres.org/index.php/jphres/article/view/957 |