Socio-demographic determinants of women's satisfaction with prenatal and delivery care services in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to examine the extent to which socio-demographic variables affect women's satisfaction regarding antenatal and perinatal care.

Design

To take into account the role of the context in shaping women's satisfaction, we used multilevel models, with women at the lower level, and the health districts of residence, or the hospitals in which the delivery took place, at the higher level.

Setting

Tuscany (Italy).

Participants

The study is based on a representative survey focused on the satisfaction and experience of 4598 new mothers who gave birth in one of the 25 hospitals in Tuscany (Italy) in 2012.

Main outcome measures

Women's overall satisfaction in the prenatal period and their overall satisfaction during hospitalization fo

SUBMITTER: Tocchioni V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6185688 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature