Impact of accessible sexual and reproductive health care on poor and underserved adolescents in Managua, Nicaragua: a quasi-experimental intervention studyLiesbeth E Meuwissen
Instituto CentroAmericano de la Salud, Managua, Nicaragua
J Adolesc Health 38:56. 2006
..The objective of this study was to evaluate a competitive voucher program intended to make sexual and reproductive health care (SRHC) accessible to adolescents from disadvantaged areas of Managua...
Perceived quality of reproductive care for girls in a competitive voucher programme. A quasi-experimental intervention study, Managua, NicaraguaLiesbeth E Meuwissen
ICAS Managua, Nicaragua
Int J Qual Health Care 18:35-42. 2006
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Uncovering and responding to needs for sexual and reproductive health care among poor urban female adolescents in NicaraguaLiesbeth E Meuwissen
Netherlands Institute for Health Service Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Trop Med Int Health 11:1858-67. 2006
..The voucher redemption made it possible to identify the nature of existing, but largely unmet, needs for SRH care...
Can a comprehensive voucher programme prompt changes in doctors' knowledge, attitudes and practices related to sexual and reproductive health care for adolescents? A case study from Latin AmericaLiesbeth E Meuwissen
Department of General Practice, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
Trop Med Int Health 11:889-98. 2006
..To evaluate whether participation in a competitive voucher programme designed to improve access to and quality of sexual and reproductive health care (SRH-care), prompted changes in doctors' knowledge, attitudes and practices...
Does a competitive voucher program for adolescents improve the quality of reproductive health care? A simulated patient study in NicaraguaLiesbeth E Meuwissen
Instituto CentroAmericano de Salud, Postal 2234, Managua, Nicaragua
BMC Public Health 6:204. 2006
..This study evaluates the impact and sustainability of a competitive voucher program on the quality of SRH care for poor and underserved female adolescents and the usefulness of the simulated patient (SP) method for such evaluation...
['Consumer quality'-index 'General practice care' measures patients' experiences and compares general practices with each other]Liesbeth E Meuwissen
Nederlands instituut voor onderzoek van de gezondheidszorg NIVEL, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 153:A180. 2009
..To develop a method to evaluate patients' experiences with general practice care in a scientifically sound manner and to enable comparisons to be made between general practices: the 'Consumer quality'(CQ)-index 'General practice care'...
Differences between family practices in the associations of patient characteristics with health care experiencesOlga C Damman
NIVEL, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Med Care Res Rev 68:725-39. 2011
..These findings correspond to previous U.S. findings, suggesting that the case-mix variations reported here and previously constitute a rather robust phenomenon...