Availability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) among public and private health facilities in rural northwest Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although safe motherhood strategies recommend that women seek timely care from health facilities for obstetric complications, few studies have described facility availability of emergency obstetric care (EmOC). We sought to describe and compare availability and readiness to provide EmOC among public and private health facilities commonly visited for pregnancy-related complications in two districts of northwest Bangladesh. We also described aspects of financial and geographic access to healthcare and key constraints to EmOC provision.

Methods

Using data from a large population-based community trial, we identified and surveyed the 14 health facilities (7 public, 7 private) most frequently visited for obstetric complications and near misses as reported by women. Avai

SUBMITTER: Sikder SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4316389 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature