Antenatal care services in Benin and Tanzania 2021/2022: an equity analysis study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Antenatal care (ANC) interventions improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. However, access to ANC may be inequitable due to sociocultural, monetary and time factors. Examining drivers of ANC disparities may identify those amenable to policy change.

Methods

We conducted an ANC services equity analysis in selected public facilities in Geita, Tanzania, where most services are free to the end-user, and Atlantique, Benin, where every visit incurs user fees. Data on total ANC contacts, quality of care (QoC) indicators and wait times were collected from representative household surveys in the catchment of 40 clinics per country and were analysed by education and wealth. We used indices of inequality, concentration indices and Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions to determine

SUBMITTER: Ochieng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11177242 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature