Use of healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic in urban Ethiopia: evidence from retrospective health facility survey data.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

In recent years, Ethiopia has made enormous strides in enhancing access to healthcare, especially, maternal and child healthcare. With the onset and spread of COVID-19, the attention of the healthcare system has pivoted to handling the disease, potentially at the cost of other healthcare needs. This paper explores whether this shift has come at the cost of non-Covid related healthcare, especially the use of maternal and child health (MCH) services.

Setting

Data covering a 24-month period are drawn from 59 health centres and 29 public hospitals located in urban Ethiopia.

Primary and secondary outcomes measures

The primary outcome measures are the use of MCH services including family planning, antenatal and postnatal care, abortion care, delivery and immunisa

SUBMITTER: Shuka Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8882656 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature