The effect of distance to health facility on neonatal mortality in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In Ethiopia, more than half of newborn babies do not have access to Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EmONC) services. Understanding the effect of distance to health facilities on service use and neonatal survival is crucial to recommend policymakers and improving resource distribution. We aimed to investigate the effect of distance to health services on maternal service use and neonatal mortality.

Methods

We implemented a data integration method based on geographic coordinates. We calculated straight-line (Euclidean) distances from the Ethiopian 2016 demographic and health survey (EDHS) clusters to the closest health facility. We computed the distance in ESRI ArcGIS Version 10.3 using the geographic coordinates of DHS clusters and health facilities. Genera

SUBMITTER: Kibret GD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9896723 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature