Towards achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 3: multilevel analyses of demographic and health survey data on health insurance coverage and maternal healthcare utilisation in sub-Saharan Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Improving maternal health and achieving universal health coverage (UHC) are important expectations in the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda. While health insurance has been shown as effective in the utilisation of maternal healthcare, there is a paucity of literature on this relationship in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We examined the relationship between health insurance coverage and maternal healthcare utilisation using demographic and health survey data.

Methods

This was a cross-sectional study of 195 651 women aged 15-49 y from 28 countries in SSA. We adopted bivariable and multivariable analyses comprising χ2 test and multilevel binary logistic regression in analysing the data.

Results

The prevalence of maternal healthcare utilisation was

SUBMITTER: Amu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9977256 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature