Maternal perceptions of the quality of Care in the Free Maternal Care Policy in sub-Sahara Africa: a systematic scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The world aims to achieve universal health coverage by removing all forms of financial barriers to improve access to healthcare as well as reduce maternal and child deaths by 2030. Although free maternal healthcare has been embraced as a major intervention towards this course in some countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the perception of the quality of healthcare may influence utilization and maternal health outcomes. We systematically mapped literature and described the evidence on maternal perceptions of the quality of care under the free care financing policies in SSA.

Methods

We employed the Arskey and O'Malley's framework to guide this scoping review. We searched without date limitations to 19th May 2019 for relevant published articles in PubMed, Google Sch

SUBMITTER: Ansu-Mensah M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7528345 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature