Predicting skilled delivery service use in Ethiopia: dual application of logistic regression and machine learning algorithms

Abstract Background Skilled assistance during childbirth is essential to reduce maternal deaths. However, in Ethiopia, which is among the six countries contributing to more than half of the global maternal deaths, the coverage of births attended by skilled health personnel remains very low. The aim...

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Main Authors: Brook Tesfaye, Suleman Atique, Tariq Azim, Mihiretu M. Kebede
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12911-019-0942-5