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Table 4 Impact of RBF4MNH on women’s experience of receiving care during labour and delivery

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

26%

53

37%

68

30%

89

38%

120

40%

62

49%

85

−4%

0.77

−4%

0.82

Proportion of women reporting having been clinically examined

57%

53

46%

68

99%

89

96%

120

92%

62

91%

85

5%

0.73

6%

0.75

Proportion of women reporting having received an explanation of the examination

100%

30

100%

31

64%

88

58%

115

54%

57

58%

77

−5%

0.69

−2%

0.85

Proportion of women reporting having received medication/treatment

92%

53

71%

68

87%

89

88%

120

66%

62

79%

85

23%

0.07

29%

0.03*

Proportion of women reporting having received an explanation for the medication

59%

49

63%

48

42%

77

46%

106

56%

41

73%

67

−3%

0.85

12%

0.54

Proportion of women reporting having had a blood test done

26%

53

47%

68

21%

89

8%

120

23%

62

36%

85

−35%

0.03

−2%

0.90

Proportion of women reporting having received an explanation for the test

93%

14

75%

32

32%

19

30%

10

64%

14

65%

31

9%

0.69

10%

0.65

Proportion of women reporting consent being sought before procedures were performed

55%

53

61%

66

62%

87

63%

112

68%

60

75%

77

−5%

0.73

1%

0.96

Proportion of women having been encouraged to ask questions

36%

53

49%

68

25%

89

33%

120

45%

62

58%

85

−8%

0.63

2%

0.89

Proportion of women reporting being offered to have guardian during delivery

42%

53

57%

68

22%

89

58%

120

50%

62

55%

85

18%

0.29

3%

0.87

Proportion of women reporting their privacy/confidentiality being protected

96%

53

96%

68

91%

89

94%

120

90%

62

96%

85

3%

0.67

8%

0.55

Proportion of women reporting blood pressure was checked before delivery

53%

53

51%

68

49%

89

37%

120

61%

62

65%

85

−15%

0.22

19%

0.26

Proportion of women reporting blood pressure was checked after delivery

40%

53

44%

68

66%

89

57%

116

45%

58

68%

81

−13%

0.36

19%

0.25

  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