Exploring the association between sick child healthcare utilisation and health facility quality in Malawi: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Increasing the availability of basic healthcare services in low-and middle-income countries is not sufficient to meet the Sustainable Development Goal target for child survival in high-mortality settings, where healthcare utilisation is often inconsistent and quality of care can be poor. We assessed whether poor quality of sick child healthcare in Malawi is associated with low utilisation of sick child healthcare.

Design

We measured two elements of quality of sick child healthcare: facility structural readiness and process of care using data from the 2013 Malawi Service Provision Assessment. Overall quality was defined as the average of these metrics. We extracted demographic data from the 2013-2014 Malawi Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey and linked households to

SUBMITTER: Liu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661667 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature