Is the closest health facility the one used in pregnancy care-seeking? A cross-sectional comparative analysis of self-reported and modelled geographical access to maternal care in Mozambique, India and Pakistan

Is the closest health facility the one used in pregnancy care-seeking? A cross-sectional comparative analysis of self-reported and modelled geographical access to maternal care in Mozambique, India and Pakistan

Abstract Background Travel time to care is known to influence uptake of health services. Generally, pregnant women who take longer to transit to health facilities are the least likely to deliver in facilities. It is not clear if modelled access predicts fairly the vulnerability in women seeking mate...

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Main Authors: Liberty Makacha, Prestige Tatenda Makanga, Yolisa Prudence Dube, Jeffrey Bone, Khátia Munguambe, Geetanjali Katageri, Sumedha Sharma, Marianne Vidler, Esperança Sevene, Umesh Ramadurg, Umesh Charantimath, Amit Revankar, Peter von Dadelszen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-02-01
Series:International Journal of Health Geographics
Subjects:
Potential access
Realised access
Bland–Altman Index
Fixed bias
Limits of agreement
Proportional bias
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-020-0197-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12942-020-0197-5

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