An assessment of geographical access and factors influencing travel time to emergency obstetric care in the urban state of Lagos, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: Previous efforts to estimate the travel time to comprehensive emergency obstetric care (CEmOC) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have either been based on spatial models or self-reported travel time, both with known inaccuracies. The study objectives were to estimate more realistic travel times for pregnant women in emergency situations using Google Maps, determine system-level factors that influence travel time and use these estimates to assess CEmOC geographical accessibility and coverage in Lagos state, Nigeria. Data on demographics, obstetric history and travel to CEmOC facilities of pregnant women with an obstetric emergency, who presented between 1st November 2018 and 31st December 2019 at a public CEmOC facility were collected from hospital records. Estimated travel times

SUBMITTER: Banke-Thomas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8505861 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature