Measuring supply-side service disruption: a systematic review of the methods for measuring disruption in the context of maternal and newborn health services in low and middle-income settings.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

During the COVID-19 pandemic, most essential services experienced some level of disruption. Disruption in LMICs was more severe than in HICs. Early reports suggested that services for maternal and newborn health were disproportionately affected, raising concerns about health equity. Most disruption indicators measure demand-side disruption, or they conflate demand-side and supply-side disruption. There is currently no published guidance on measuring supply-side disruption. The primary objective of this review was to identify methods and approaches used to measure supply-side service disruptions to maternal and newborn health services in the context of COVID-19.

Design

We carried out a systematic review and have created a typology of measurement methods and approac

SUBMITTER: McGowan CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10729240 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature