ArticleJournal of pregnancy2020
Effect of Implementing a Free Delivery Service Policy on Women's Utilization of Facility-Based Delivery in Central Ethiopia: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.
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- Preferences of women for maternal healthcare services in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review of discrete choice experiments.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- Increase days between maternal death at Dessie Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Amhara region, Ethiopia.BMJ open quality · 2026Article
- Estimating intervention impacts when timing is unclear: an AR-LagDT model with distributed lags.BMC medical research methodology · 2026Article
- Delay in Seeking Institutional Delivery Services and Associated Factors Among Immediate Postpartum Mothers in Public Health Facilities in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022.Women's health reports (New Rochelle, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Optimized segmented regression models for the transition period of intervention effects.Global health research and policy · 2023Article
- 'I believe respect means providing necessary treatment on time' - a qualitative study of health care providers' perspectives on disrespect and abuse during childbirth in Southwest Ethiopia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- User Fee Exemption Policy Significantly Improved Adherence to Maternal Health Service Utilization in Bahir Dar City, Northwest Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.ClinicoEconomics and outcomes research : CEOR · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAccess to and utilization of facility delivery services is low in Ethiopia. The government of Ethiopia introduced a free delivery service policy in all public health facilities in 2013 to encourage mothers to deliver in health facilities. Examining the effect of this intervention on the utilization of delivery services is very important.
objectiveIn this study, we assessed the effect of provisions of free maternity care services on facility-based delivery service utilization in central Ethiopia.
methodsData on 108 time points were collected on facility-based delivery service utilization (72 pre- and 36 postintervention) for a period of nine years from July 2007 to June 2016. Routine monthly data were extracted from the District Health Information System and verified using data from the delivery ward logbooks across the study facilities. An interrupted time-series analysis was conducted to assess the effect of the intervention.
resultsThe implementation of the free delivery services policy has significantly increased facility deliveries. During the study period, there was a statistically significant increase in the number of facility-based deliveries after the 24
conclusionThe findings suggested that the provision of free delivery services at public health facilities increased facility delivery use. The improved utilization of facility delivery services was more marked over a longer exposure period. Policy-makers may consider mobilizing the communities aware of the program at its instigation.
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