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Table 5 Impact of RBF4MNH on women’s experience of receiving care during ANC

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

34%

152

51%

128

49%

223

53%

244

43%

133

61%

135

−12%

0.37

−9%

0.56

Proportion of women reporting having been clinically examined

98%

152

98%

128

99%

223

96%

244

96%

133

98%

135

−3%

0.19

5%

0.39

Proportion of women reporting having received an explanation of the examination

72%

149

84%

126

67%

221

70%

235

80%

128

83%

132

−7%

0.53

1%

0.94

Proportion of women reporting having received medication/treatment

96%

152

93%

128

86%

223

87%

244

93%

133

93%

135

4%

0.62

−4%

0.43

Proportion of women reporting having received an explanation for the medication

84%

146

86%

119

75%

191

71%

213

90%

124

94%

126

−8%

0.43

2%

0.71

Proportion of women reporting having had a blood test done

74%

152

68%

128

37%

223

36%

244

69%

133

68%

135

6%

0.69

−2%

0.91

Proportion of women reporting having received an explanation for the test

95%

113

94%

87

78%

82

86%

87

96%

92

90%

92

12%

0.18

−1%

0.84

Proportion of women reporting having had any clinical procedures performed

98%

152

100%

128

99%

223

98%

244

100%

133

100%

135

−3%

0.09

−3%

0.11

Proportion of women reporting consent being sought before procedures were performed

68%

149

77%

128

73%

221

74%

239

82%

133

91%

135

−8%

0.41

3%

0.72

Proportion of women having been encouraged to ask questions

61%

152

71%

128

55%

223

58%

244

73%

133

80%

135

−8%

0.52

6%

0.57

Proportion of women having been offered to have a guardian

53%

152

61%

128

36%

223

71%

244

80%

133

70%

135

29%

0.04

−7%

0.60

Proportion of women reporting their privacy & confidentiality being protected

97%

152

99%

128

95%

223

98%

244

94%

133

94%

135

1%

0.65

3%

0.72

Proportion of women reporting blood pressure having been checked

54%

152

82%

128

73%

223

56%

240

69%

130

71%

135

−47%

0.01

−28%

0.10

  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