Delays in emergency obstetric referrals in Addis Ababa hospitals in Ethiopia: a facility-based, cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess where the delays occur in the referral chain of most maternal health outcomes in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, based on the three-delay model.

Design

The study was a facility-based, cross-sectional study.

Setting

Two public and tertiary hospitals in Addis Ababa.

Participants

All pregnant women who were referred only for labour and delivery services after 28 weeks of gestation between December 2018 and February 2019 in Zewditu and Gandhi Memorial Hospitals.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was the type of delays, from the three-delay model, which met operationally defined time. The secondary outcome was maternal health outcomes based on the three-delay model.

Results

A total of 403 pregnant women referred for

SUBMITTER: Assefa EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7312330 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature