ArticleInternational health2021
Institutional delivery and associated factors among women in Ghana: findings from a 2017-2018 multiple indicator cluster survey.
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- Who gets to deliver in a health facility? An investigation of wealth-based inequities in institutional delivery in Ghana.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Spatial variation and hierarchical analysis of institutional delivery dropout after antenatal care contacts in Nigeria: findings from 3-survey rounds.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Trends and inequalities in health facility deliveries among women of reproductive age in Ghana, 1993-2022.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Perinatal depression and anxiety in Ghana: a qualitative study of women's perspectives on AI-driven interventions.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
- Factors associated with institutional delivery in remote areas: a cross-sectional survey in Papua Region, Indonesia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2025Article
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- Prevalence and Determinants of Home Delivery among Women with Easy Access to Health Facilities in Sub‑Saharan African Countries: A Multi‑level Mixed Effect Analysis.Annals of global health · 2025Article
- Institutional Delivery in the Philippines: Does a Minimum of 8 Antenatal Care Visits Matter?Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi · 2025Article
- Predictors of institutional delivery service utilization among women in Northern region of Ghana.PloS one · 2025Article
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- The Effects of Ghana's Free Maternal and Healthcare Policy on Maternal and Infant Healthcare: A Scoping Review.Health services insights · 2024Article
- A multilevel analysis of the predictors of health facility delivery in Ghana: Evidence from the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- High risk fertility behaviour and health facility delivery in West Africa.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
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- Socio-economic and cultural factors associated with the utilization of maternal healthcare services in Togo: a cross-sectional study.Reproductive health · 2023Article
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- Disparities and barriers of health facility delivery following optimal and suboptimal pregnancy care in Nigeria: evidence of home births from cross-sectional surveys.BMC women's health · 2023Article
- An assessment of out of pocket payments in public sector health facilities under the free maternal healthcare policy in Ghana.Health economics review · 2023Article
- Utilization of optimal antenatal care, institutional delivery, and associated factors in Northwest Ethiopia.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundInstitutional delivery is essential in reducing maternal morbidity and mortality. We investigated the prevalence of institutional delivery and associated factors among women in Ghana.
methodsNational representative data from the 2017-2018 Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey was used for the analysis. The study included 3466 women, ages 15-49 y, who had a live birth in the last 2 y. Descriptive statistics were used to assess the prevalence of institutional delivery while multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between our variables of interest and institutional delivery.
resultsThe prevalence of institutional delivery among women in Ghana was 77.89% (95% confidence interval [CI] 75.29 to 80.50). High-income households (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 2.13 [95% CI 1.36 to 3.35]), attending antenatal care at least four times (aOR 2.37 [95% CI 1.54 to 3.65]) and knowing one's human immunodeficiency virus status (aOR 1.41 [95% CI 1.08 to 1.84]) were associated with higher odds of institutional delivery. Living in rural areas (aOR 0.43 [95% CI 0.27 to 0.67]), multiparity (aOR 0.59 [95% CI 0.41 to 0.85]) and no health insurance (aOR 0.57 [95% CI 0.44 to 0.74]) were associated with lower odds of institutional delivery.
conclusionsThe government of Ghana may need to focus on increasing health insurance utilization and antenatal care attendance in order to increase the coverage of institutional delivery.
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