Effect of optimal antenatal care on maternal and perinatal health in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Receiving at least four antenatal care (ANC) visits have paramount importance on the health of mothers and perinates. In Ethiopia, several studies were conducted on ANC service utilization; however, limited studies quantified the effect of care on maternal and perinate health. In response to this gap, this study is conducted to quantify the effect of optimal ANC care (≥4 visits) on maternal and perinatal health among women who received optimal care in comparison to women who did not receive optimal care.

Methods

The study utilized the Ethiopian perinatal death surveillance and response (PDSR) system dataset. A total of 3,814 reviewed perinatal deaths were included in the study. Considering the nature of the data, preferential within propensity score matching (PW

SUBMITTER: Tesfay N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9941639 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature