The Effect of Healthcare Worker Density on Maternal Health Service Utilization in Sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT: Facility births and antenatal care (ANC) are key to improving maternal health. This study evaluates the relationship between physician and nurse/midwife densities and the use of key maternal health services in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We matched individual-level maternal health service indicators from Demographic and Health Surveys between 2008 and 2017, to country-level physician and nurse/midwife per-capita densities, across 35 SSA countries. We performed univariate and multivariate probit regression analyses to evaluate the association between healthcare worker (HCW) densities and facility births as our primary outcome and additional ANC services as secondary outcomes. We controlled for established maternal health predictors, including literacy, child marriage, reported problems access

SUBMITTER: Rosser JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8922518 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature