Wealth-based inequality and dropout rate in the completion of the continuum of maternal healthcare in Ethiopia: a secondary data analysis of the Mini Demographic and Health Survey of 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine wealth-based inequality and the dropout rate in the completion of the maternal continuum of care (CoC) in Ethiopia.

Setting

Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey-2019.

Participants

Reproductive-age women (15-49 years) in Ethiopia.

Primary outcome

Completion of the maternal CoC services is the primary outcome. Maternal CoC is defined as a situation where women have at least four antenatal care (ANC) visits, deliver their babies at a health facility and receive at least one postnatal care service for both mother and newborn baby.

Methods

We analysed the 2019 Mini demographic and health survey data using STATA V.17. Multilevel logistic regression analysis was employed for the factors associated with the maternal CoC. The concentrati

SUBMITTER: Alie MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12096983 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature