Barriers to healthcare access among reproductive age women in extremely high and very high maternal mortality countries: Multilevel mixed effect analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is widely recognized that maternal deaths in low-resource countries are attributed to deprived access to maternal health services. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess barriers to healthcare access among reproductive age women in extremely high and very high maternal mortality countries.

Methods

A community based cross sectional surveys were conducted among 181,472 reproductive age women. Stata version 17.0 was used to analyze the data. Mixed effect binary logistic regression model was analyzed. Odds ratio along with 95% CI was generated to identify factors associated with barriers to healthcare access. A p-value less than 0.05 was declared as statistical significance.

Results

A total of 64.3% (95% CI: 64.06, 64.54) reproductive age women faced

SUBMITTER: Negash WD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11423991 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature