Maternal satisfaction with organized perinatal care in Serbian public hospitals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the experiences and expectations of women across the continuum of antenatal, perinatal, and postnatal care is important to assess the quality of maternal care and to determine problematic areas which could be improved. The objective of this study was to identify the factors associated with maternal satisfaction with hospital-based perinatal care in Serbia.

Methods

Our survey was conducted from January 2009 to January 2010 using a 28-item, self-administered questionnaire. The sample consisted of 50% of women who expected childbirths during the study period from all 76 public institutions with obstetric departments in Serbia. The following three composite outcome variables were constructed: satisfaction with technical and professional aspects of care;

SUBMITTER: Matejic B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3916080 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature