Estimating the impact of prenatal health care services on adverse pregnancy outcomes in Tanzania: a propensity score matching approach.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The prevalence of adverse pregnancy outcomes remains one of the public issues that needs to be addressed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Tanzania. Despite evidence on the effectiveness of antenatal care (ANC) services in addressing adverse pregnancy outcomes, empirical studies are scarce. Therefore, this study aims to analyze the impact of ANC services on adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Methods

This is a retrospective study that uses secondary data from the Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey for 2022. The impact of ANC services on adverse pregnancy outcomes was estimated using Propensity Score Matching (PSM), and the robustness of results was checked using doubly robust estimators.

Results

Adequate ANC services utilization reduces a

SUBMITTER: Ntegwa MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12321850 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature