Access-to-care: evidence from home-based postnatal coordinated care after hospital discharge.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home-based postnatal care after hospital discharge has become an integral part of postnatal care. This study aimed to determine the factors relating either to individuals or the healthcare system that affect enrollment and full participation (adherence) in the French home-based postnatal coordinated care program (PRADO).

Methods

All admitted women for delivery in a French district over one year and eligible for this home-based midwifery support after hospital discharge were included (N = 4189). Both a simple probit model and a probit Heckman selection model were used. The control variables were the characteristics of the women, the municipalities, and the hospitals.

Results

Approximately 68% of the eligible women chose to enroll in the PRADO program, of who

SUBMITTER: Zbiri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8532282 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature