Implementing standard antenatal care interventions: health system cost at primary health facilities in Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since 2002, Tanzania has been implementing the focused Antenatal Care (ANC) model that recommended four antenatal care visits. In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) reintroduced the standard ANC model with more interventions including a minimum of eight contacts. However, cost-implications of these changes to the health system are unknown, particularly in countries like Tanzania, that failed to optimally implement the simpler focused ANC model. We compared the health system cost of providing ANC under the focused and the standard models at primary health facilities in Tanzania.

Methods

We used a micro-costing approach to identify and quantify resources used to implement the focused ANC model at six primary health facilities in Tanzania from July 2018 to Jun

SUBMITTER: Chamani AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8650535 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature