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Table 2 Factors associated with initial enrollment in the home-based postnatal coordinated care (PRADO) for all of the women eligible for this program. Probit regression model (n = 4189)

From: Access-to-care: evidence from home-based postnatal coordinated care after hospital discharge

 

Coefficient

[95% CI]

Household characteristics

 Woman’s age at pregnancy (years)

  18–23

− 0.31***

[− 0.44;-0.18]

  24–29

− 0.04

[− 0.13;0.05]

  30–35

reference

 

  36–41

0.07

[− 0.04;0.18]

   ≥ 42

− 0.42**

[− 0.69;-0.14]

 Number of children

  1

reference

 

  2

−0.09

[− 0.20;0.02]

  3

− 0.28***

[− 0.40;-0.17]

   ≥ 4

− 0.31***

[− 0.47;− 0.15]

 Woman’s healthcare coverage

  Policyholder

reference

 

  Beneficiary

-0.15*

[−0.28;-0.01]

Prenatal care

 Antenatal visits

  0–5

− 0.05

[−0.19;0.09]

  6–7

reference

 

   ≥ 8

−0.02

[− 0.13;0.09]

 Follow-up by a gynecologista

  No

reference

 

  Yes

−0.09

[− 0.23;0.06]

 Follow-up by a general practitionera

  No

reference

 

  Yes

0.09

[−0.03;0.21]

 Follow-up by a midwifea

  No

reference

 

  Yes

−0.10

[−0.24;0.04]

 Hospital follow-upa

  No

reference

 

  Yes

−0.06

[− 0.23;0.11]

 Community follow-upa

  No

reference

 

  Yes

−0.07

[− 0.23;0.10]

 Obstetric ultrasound

  0–1

− 0.07

[− 0.22;0.08]

  2–3

reference

 

   ≥ 4

0.03

[− 0.09;0.14]

 Prenatal education

  No

reference

 

  Yes

0.46***

[0.36;0.56]

 Prenatal information regarding postpartum

  No

reference

 

  Yes

0.72***

[0.51;0.93]

Municipality characteristics

 Location

  Urban

reference

 

  Rural

0.07

[−0.14;0.28]

 Household deprivationb

  Least deprived

reference

 

  Less deprived

0.24

[−0.09;0.56]

  More deprived

0.07

[−0.27;0.42]

  Most deprived

−0.04

[−0.40;0.32]

 Accessibility to a gynecologistc

  Lowest

reference

 

  Low

−0.08

[− 0.24;0.09]

  High

0.09

[−0.14;0.33]

  Highest

0.53**

[0.20;0.86]

 Accessibility to a general practitionerc

  Lowest

reference

 

  Low

0.00

[−0.30;0.30]

  High

0.06

[−0.26;0.37]

  Highest

0.06

[−0.26;0.38]

 Accessibility to a midwifec

  Lowest

reference

 

  Low

0.16

[−0.06;0.39]

  High

0.15

[−0.09;0.39]

  Highest

−0.09

[−0.39;0.21]

Hospital characteristics

 Funding

  Public

reference

 

  Private

−0.39*

[−0.73;-0.06]

 University status

  Non-teaching

reference

 

  Teaching

0.41***

[0.24;0.59]

 Level of care

  No neonatology unit

reference

 

  Neonatology unit

− 0.43***

[− 0.66;-0.19]

  Neonatal intensive care unit

−0.48**

[− 0.83;-0.12]

 Obstetriciansd

−2.07**

[−3.56;-0.57]

 Midwivesd

−0.82**

[−1.45;-0.19]

 Day of delivery

  Working

reference

 

  Non-working

0.28*

[0.01;0.55]

 Day of discharge

  Working

reference

 

  Non-working

−0.25*

[− 0.48;− 0.02]

  1. CI, confidence interval. *: p < 0.05; **: p < 0.01; ***: p < 0.001
  2. a At least one antenatal visit
  3. b Based on the median annual income
  4. c Based on the index of spatial accessibility (ISA)
  5. d FTEs (full-time equivalents) per 100 deliveries