biostudies-literatureLori JRThe ELMA FoundationBill and Melinda Gates FoundationMerck Sharp and Dohme1804-1812https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8518771biostudies-literatureUnknown128(11)<h4>Objective</h4>To report on the effectiveness of a standardised core Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) model to increase facility deliveries among women living >10 km from a health facility.<h4>Design</h4>Quasi-experimental design with partial randomisation at the cluster level.<h4>Setting</h4>Seven rural districts in Zambia.<h4>Population</h4>Women delivering at 40 health facilities between June 2016 and August 2018.<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty intervention and 20 comparison sites were used to test whether MWHs increased facility delivery for women living in rural Zambia. Difference-in-differences (DID) methodology was used to examine the effectiveness of the core MWH model on our identified outcomes.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Differences in the change from baseline to study period in the percBJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecologyIncreasing facility delivery through maternity waiting homes for women living far from a health facility in rural Zambia: a quasi-experimental study.PMC8518771MRK 1846‐06500.COLOPP1130334MRK 1846-06500.COLELMA-15-F0010Liu HFong RMVian TRockers PCNgoma TChastain PPerosky JELee HBonawitz RBoyd CJLori JRBwalya MBiemba GZhang XHamer DHKaiser JLScott NALockhart NMcGlasson KLMunro-Kramer MLMusonda GSakala IfalseIncreasing facility delivery through maternity waiting homes for women living far from a health facility in rural Zambia: a quasi-experimental study.<h4>Objective</h4>To report on the effectiveness of a standardised core Maternity Waiting Home (MWH) model to increase facility deliveries among women living >10 km from a health facility.<h4>Design</h4>Quasi-experimental design with partial randomisation at the cluster level.<h4>Setting</h4>Seven rural districts in Zambia.<h4>Population</h4>Women delivering at 40 health facilities between June 2016 and August 2018.<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty intervention and 20 comparison sites were used to test whether MWHs increased facility delivery for women living in rural Zambia. Difference-in-differences (DID) methodology was used to examine the effectiveness of the core MWH model on our identified outcomes.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Differences in the change from baseline to study period in the perc2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Oct2026-07-16T14:41:47.056Z2026-07-11T03:08:56.775ZS-EPMC85187713399360010.1111/1471-0528.16755