Association between antenatal care facility readiness and provision of care at the client level and facility level in five low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite growing interest in monitoring improvements in quality of care, data on service quality in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is limited. While health systems researchers have hypothesized the relationship between facility readiness and provision of care, there have been few attempts to quantify this relationship in LMICs. This study assesses the association between facility readiness and provision of care for antenatal care at the client level and facility level.

Methods

To assess the association between provision of care and various facility readiness indices for antenatal care, we used multilevel, multivariable random-effects linear regression models. We tested an inflection point on readiness scores by fitting linear spline models. To compa

SUBMITTER: Sheffel A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10583346 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature