Maternal and child health out-of-pocket expenditure and service readiness in Lao PDR : evidence for the national free maternal and child health policy from a household and health center survey (2013 update) (English)

Lao PDR has made notable progress in improving maternal health, with mater¬nal mortality decreasing from 1,600 per 100,000 births in 1990 to 220 in 2013.1 However, in order for further gains to be realized, at least two barriers need to be addressed – the low utilization of maternal health (MH) services and weak financial protection, especially among the lower wealth quintiles, in order to improve the level and equity of maternal health. In order...

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Tandon,Ajay;

Yap,Wei Aun;

Chanthala,Phetdara;
Document Date
2016/05/01
Document Type
Working Paper
Report Number
107281
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Region
East Asia and Pacific,
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2016/07/29
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Disclosed
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Maternal and child health out-of-pocket expenditure and service readiness in Lao PDR : evidence for the national free maternal and child health policy from a household and health center survey (2013 update)
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financial protection

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Tandon,Ajay; Yap,Wei Aun; Chanthala,Phetdara.

Maternal and child health out-of-pocket expenditure and service readiness in Lao PDR : evidence for the national free maternal and child health policy from a household and health center survey (2013 update) (English). Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/406741469768708340

Maternal and child health out-of-pocket expenditure and service readiness in Lao PDR : evidence for the national free maternal and child health policy from a household and health center survey (2013 update) (English)

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