The Extent of Universal Health Coverage for Maternal Health Services in Eastern Uganda: A Cross Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Monitoring essential health services coverage is important to inform resource allocation for the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goal 3. The objective was to assess service, effective and financial coverages of maternal healthcare services and their equity, using health and demographic surveillance site data in eastern Uganda.

Methods

Between Nov 2018 and Feb 2019, 638 resident women giving birth in 2017 were surveyed. Among them, 386 were randomly sampled in a follow-up survey (Feb 2019) on pregnancy and delivery payments and contents of care. Service coverage (antenatal care visits, skilled birth attendance, institutional delivery and one postnatal visit), effective coverage (antenatal and postnatal care content) and financial coverage (out-of-pocket pa

SUBMITTER: Lindberg C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8917020 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature