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Table 6 Impact of RBF4MNH on women’s experience of receiving care during PNC

From: Perceptions of quality across the maternal care continuum in the context of a health financing intervention: Evidence from a mixed methods study in rural Malawi

Indicator

Baseline

Mid-term

End-term

DID adjusted BL-ML

Sig.

DID adjusted BL-EL

Sig.

Comparison

Intervention

Comparison

Intervention

Comparison

Intervention

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

Proportion of women reporting health worker introduction

40%

63

49%

106

36%

136

34%

142

34%

109

50%

103

−11%

0.59

2%

0.92

Proportion of women reporting having been clinically examined

90%

63

67%

106

74%

136

56%

142

65%

109

74%

103

5%

0.76

35%

0.09

Proportion of women reporting having received an explanation of the examination

68%

57

67%

71

65%

100

60%

80

84%

71

63%

76

−4%

0.80

−20%

0.11

Proportion of women reporting having received medication/treatment

49%

63

42%

106

30%

136

23%

142

44%

109

36%

103

0.2%

0.99

−15%

0.48

Proportion of women reporting having received an explanation for the medication

68%

31

87%

45

63%

41

63%

32

74%

48

64%

37

−20%

0.30

−29%

0.10

Proportion of women reporting having had a blood test done

25%

63

20%

106

4%

136

3%

142

11%

109

20%

103

5%

0.71

4%

0.78

Proportion of women reporting having received an explanation for the test

94%

16

95%

21

17%

6

50%

4

83%

12

86%

21

22%

0.43

3%

0.83

Proportion of women reporting having had any clinical procedures performed

90%

63

75%

106

75%

136

58%

142

67%

109

82%

103

0.3%

0.99

25%

0.10

Proportion of women reporting consent being sought before procedures were performed

68%

57

68%

79

63%

102

61%

83

81%

73

77%

84

−7%

0.69

2%

0.94

Proportion of women having been encouraged to ask questions

65%

63

50%

105

35%

136

36%

142

53%

109

61%

103

17%

0.33

23%

0.25

Proportion of women having been offered to have a guardian

47%

62

39%

102

21%

136

23%

142

39%

109

33%

103

8%

0.60

−2%

0.92

Proportion of women reporting their privacy & confidentiality being protected

95%

63

96%

106

88%

136

92%

142

88%

109

89%

103

1%

0.94

7%

0.54

Proportion of women reporting blood pressure having been checked

51%

63

39%

106

30%

136

28%

142

52%

109

56%

103

9%

0.73

10%

0.74

Proportion of women reporting baby’s weight was checked

90%

63

74%

106

80%

136

70%

142

69%

109

75%

103

6%

0.64

23%

0.27

  1. DID = effect estimate based on difference-and-difference regression; BL-ML = comparison between cohorts at baseline and mid-term; BL-EL = comparison between cohorts at baseline and end-term; Sig. = significance level of effect estimate