The effect of health-facility admission and skilled birth attendant coverage on maternal survival in India: a case-control analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Research in areas of low skilled attendant coverage found that maternal mortality is paradoxically higher in women who seek obstetric care. We estimated the effect of health-facility admission on maternal survival, and how this effect varies with skilled attendant coverage across India.

Methods/findings

Using unmatched population-based case-control analysis of national datasets, we compared the effect of health-facility admission at any time (antenatal, intrapartum, postpartum) on maternal deaths (cases) to women reporting pregnancies (controls). Probability of maternal death decreased with increasing skilled attendant coverage, among both women who were and were not admitted to a health-facility, however, the risk of death among women who were admitted was higher

SUBMITTER: Montgomery AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4041636 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature