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Table 2 Overview service utilization study component

From: Design of an impact evaluation using a mixed methods model – an explanatory assessment of the effects of results-based financing mechanisms on maternal healthcare services in Malawi

Study component

Data collection activity (Data source)

Tool used

Key outcome measures

Utilization : Health-seeking elements

Assessment of demand for maternal care services (women)

Structured interview survey

• Proportion of women in catchment areas with facility-based deliveries

  

• Proportion of women in catchment areas with four ANC visits during pregnancy.

  

• Proportion of mothers in catchment areas with first ANC visit during first pregnancy trimester

  

• Proportion of women and newborns in catchment areas with at least one PNC visit

Utilization : Livelihood asset elements

Assessment of household socioeconomic status (women)

Structured interview survey

• Equity in distribution of facility-based deliveries among households in catchment areas

  

• Equity in distribution of number and timing of ANC visits among households in catchment areas

  

• Equity in distribution of number and timing of PNC visits among households in catchment area

  1. ANC = Antenatal Care, PNC = Postnatal Care, QUAN = quantitative, qual = qualitative.