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Table 1 List of key indicators

From: A study protocol: using demand-side financing to meet the birth spacing needs of the underserved in Punjab Province in Pakistan

Dimension addressed

Variable/indicator

Data source

Effectiveness at the population level

1. Contraceptive prevalence rate among women living in lowest two wealth quintiles

Population-based household survey in project areas

2. % of clients recommending services to others

Endline population-based household survey; voucher validation

Effectiveness at the service delivery level

3. Number of new FP acceptors (disaggregated by long-term versus short-term FP)

Routine service delivery records

4. Number of clients who never used FP before receiving services from study providers

Routine service delivery records

5. Number and% of post-partum (PP) clients accepting an FP method (disaggregated by long-term versus short-term FP)

Routine service delivery records

6. % of vouchers validated

External voucher validation survey

7. Number and% of service providers adhering to medical/clinical standards

Clinical quality assurance monitoring

8. % of family planning services provided through vouchers (disaggregated by FP method)

Routine service data

9. % of referrals made by FHE for family planning services

Routine service data

Efficiency and process issues

Prospects for sustainability

Financial records

10. Monthly service income

Cost effectiveness

Financial records; routine service delivery records and registers

11. Cost per couple year protection (CYP)

12. Cost per new FP acceptor

Provider attrition/turnover

Baseline and endline service provider assessment

13. % of study providers offering FP services at the start of the study who are still participating at the end of the project

Training

Baseline and endline service provider audit

14. % of providers trained by MSS on different dimensions of FP who are providing services for which they were trained (disaggregated by type of service, e.g. IUD insertion, PAC FP)