Short-term payments to offset costs of access have been criticised because of their relatively high expense [ 10].
Some DSF programmes fit into more than one mode, such as the Social Risk Mitigation Programme in Turkey and the Maternal Health Voucher Scheme in Bangladesh which both include short-term payments to offset costs of access for maternity services.
Five modes were considered: unconditional cash transfers, conditional cash transfers, short-term payments to offset costs of accessing maternity services, vouchers for maternity services, and vouchers for merit goods.
The review included 13 studies of maternal health components within CCTs, 31 studies of schemes that provide short-term payments to offset costs of accessing maternity services, and 22 studies of vouchers for maternity services (Table 2).
Evidence concerning short-term payments to offset costs of access in India [ 37- 39, 42, 45, 47, 49, 50, 53, 74], and Nepal [ 62], and vouchers for maternity services in Cambodia [ 81], Kenya [ 63] and Armenia [ 68] indicated that some healthcare providers kept cash payments meant for women, demanded informal payments, or falsified claims to programme management agencies.
The primary review objective, to assess effects of DSF interventions on maternal healthcare utilisation and outcomes in low- and middle-income countries, was achieved in part for CCTs, for cash payments to offset costs of accessing maternal healthcare, and for vouchers for maternity services.
That payment was made explicitly to offset costs for the fundraiser, according to Ian Gillule, a former employee at Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York.
Time for care coordination must be recognized and a payment reform is necessary to offset costs generated in the implementation and transformation process (46).
This increase is due in a large part to the 2009 passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), a federal stimulus bill which provides incentive payments for health care providers to offset costs associated with EHR implementation [ 23].
The employees received lodging subsidies and a payment of 12percentt of their salaries to offset costs incurred by living away from home.
Teams are looking hard for sponsors to offset costs.
