Healthcare-Seeking Behaviour for Obstetric Complications in Ethiopia: A Multilevel Mixed-Effect Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Healthcare-seeking behaviour, and its associated factors, for obstetric complications are an important determinant of maternal deaths and adverse foetal outcomes. However, there is limited evidence on healthcare-seeking behaviours from health facilities in response to obstetric complications among Ethiopian women.

Objective

To investigate women's healthcare-seeking behaviour in response to obstetric complications, and its associated factors, in Ethiopia.

Methods

Data were sourced from the Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA-E) longitudinal survey national database. Andersen's health service use model was utilised to group individual and contextual factors. A multilevel mixed-effect logistic regression model was employed, with adjusted Odds Ratio (aOR) an

SUBMITTER: Geremew AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12188065 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature