Evaluation of the causal effect of maternal education on the utilisation of maternal health services in Bangladesh using an observational study - a comparison of different propensity score methods and covariate adjustment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Assessing maternal health care utilisation is imperative for the health of both mother and her child. Maternal education is an important determinant in subsequent maternal health care usage, according to research. There is a dearth of research on the causal relationship between maternal education and maternal health services as well as examining the performance of different propensity score methods for estimating absolute effects. Therefore, this study aims to estimate the effect of maternal education on usage of maternal health services minimising the confounding effect and to compare different propensity score approaches to estimate absolute effects of maternal education on usage of maternal health services.

Methods

We used data from a cross-sectional study cond

SUBMITTER: Akter E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11552216 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature