Effect of the COVID-19 lockdown on mobile payments for maternal health: regression discontinuity analysis

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the unprecedented popularity of digital financial services for contactless payments and government cash transfer programs to mitigate the economic effects of the pandemic. The effect of the pandemic on the use of digital financial services for health in...

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Hauptverfasser: Knauss, Samuel (VerfasserIn) , Andriamiadana, Gracia (VerfasserIn) , Leitheiser, Roxane (VerfasserIn) , Rampanjato, Zavaniarivo (VerfasserIn) , Bärnighausen, Till (VerfasserIn) , Emmrich, Julius (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 30.07.2024
In: JMIR public health and surveillance
Year: 2024, Jahrgang: 10, Pages: 1-12
ISSN:2369-2960
DOI:10.2196/49205
Online-Zugang:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.2196/49205
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://publichealth.jmir.org/2024/1/e49205
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Verfasserangaben:Samuel Knauss, MD; Gracia Andriamiadana, MSc; Roxane Leitheiser, BSc; Zavaniarivo Rampanjato, MD; Till Bärnighausen, MSc, MD, PhD; Julius Valentin Emmrich, MPhil, MD, PhD

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