Multi-purpose cash transfers and health among vulnerable Syrian refugees in Jordan: A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Cash assistance has rapidly expanded in the Syrian refugee response in Jordan and global humanitarian programming, yet little is known about the effect of multipurpose cash transfers (MPC) on health in humanitarian contexts. A prospective cohort study was conducted from May 2018 through July 2019 to evaluate the effectiveness of MPC in improving access to healthcare and health expenditures by Syrian refugees in Jordan. Households receiving MPCs (US$113-219 monthly) were compared to control households not receiving MPCs using difference-in-difference analyses. Overall health care-seeking was consistently high (>85%). Care-seeking for child illness improved among MPCs but declined among controls with a significant adjusted difference in change of 11.1% (P<0.05). In both groups, child outpati

SUBMITTER: Lyles E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021566 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature