Effect of Implementing a Free Delivery Service Policy on Women's Utilization of Facility-Based Delivery in Central Ethiopia: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to and utilization of facility delivery services is low in Ethiopia. The government of Ethiopia introduced a free delivery service policy in all public health facilities in 2013 to encourage mothers to deliver in health facilities. Examining the effect of this intervention on the utilization of delivery services is very important.

Objective

In this study, we assessed the effect of provisions of free maternity care services on facility-based delivery service utilization in central Ethiopia.

Methods

Data on 108 time points were collected on facility-based delivery service utilization (72 pre- and 36 postintervention) for a period of nine years from July 2007 to June 2016. Routine monthly data were extracted from the District Health Information System a

SUBMITTER: Demissie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7752279 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature