Standards of care and determinants of women's satisfaction with delivery services in Nepal: a multi-perspective analysis using data from a health facility-based survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Compliance with standards of care is required for sustained improvement in the quality of delivery services. It thus represents a key challenge to improving maternal survival and meeting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of reducing the maternal mortality ratio to 70 deaths per 100,000 live births. This study examines the extent to which normal low-risk health facility deliveries in Nepal meet the standards of quality of care and assesses the effect of the standards of quality of care and various contextual factors on women's satisfaction with the services they receive.

Methods

Drawing on the 2021 Nepal Health Facility Survey, the sample comprised 320 women who used health facilities for normal, low-risk delivery services. A weighted one-sample t-test

SUBMITTER: Tuladhar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10863287 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature