Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2012
Abstract
This document defines the key elements of information systems to support the development of effective, scalable voucher information systems. It is based on an engagement between the Gobee Group and the Population Council to strengthen information systems of reproductive health voucher programs in five countries in 2011–12. At the time of publication of this document, the Population Council was in the midst of a multiyear evaluation of five of the biggest reproductive health programs worldwide, an effort supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. While the work supporting this report has been focused on reproductive health voucher programs—which provide subsidized reproductive health services to low‐income women using existing providers—it is fully expected that this report will have relevance to information systems issues for other types of voucher programs as well. The report is primarily intended for two audiences: 1) anyone involved in resource allocation related to current or new voucher programs; and 2) anyone operationally involved in the design, development, or improvement of voucher programs. The report assumes a basic working background of the function and purpose of voucher programs.
Recommended Citation
Ibrahim, Mahad, Benjamin Bellows, and Jaspal S. Sandhu. 2012. "Defining effective voucher management information systems: A blueprint for information systems to support scalable reproductive health voucher programs, based on system evaluations with programs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania," Research report. New York: Population Council.
DOI
10.31899/rh4.1230
Language
English
Project
RH Vouchers: Evaluating Voucher-and-Accreditation Programs to Improve Maternal and Reproductive Health Service Delivery
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