Abstract
Demand-side financing (DSF) scheme is popularly known as the maternal health voucher program, which is launched in many developing countries of the world including Bangladesh as an intervention of developing overall health status. Maternal mortality ratio is a strong indicator of health profile of any country and pregnant women are prone to fall vulnerable situation. This review was aimed to find gap/missing of existing literature in order to make foundation of new research on healthcare seeking of pregnant women along with financing coverage. After repeated critical review of number original articles, some gaps have been found. Almost every article they focused on outcome and mildly highlighted input variables but did not consider all possible variables and missed to show interlink between those variables.
Highlights
Demand side financing (DSF) with a diversified design have been introduced to increase the health service utilization by offsetting some financial costs for users
A voucher scheme was introduced for lowincome, pregnant women to enhance the utilization of maternal and child health services among the poorest women for lowering financial barriers to accessing institutional delivery care
This review emphasizes on pregnancy healthcare and financial coverage
Summary
Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Research. 5(1); DOI:10.31579/2768-0487/058
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