“Can community level interventions have an impact on equity and utilization of maternal health care” – Evidence from rural Bangladesh

Table 2 Utilization rate (%) of maternal services

	Baseline (2008)		Second survey (2010)		Pre Difference	Post Difference	Impact
	Intervention	Comparison	Intervention	Comparison	Pre Difference	Post Difference	DiD¹	DiD²
One or more ANC	61.7	71	93.2	76.5	−9.3	16.7	26*	18.0*
Mean number of ANC visit	2.7	3	7.3	5.2	−0.3	2.1	2.4*	2.3*
4+ ANC	14.8	22.2	68.6	24.5	−7.4	44.1	51.5*	31*
ANC by medically trained provider**	38.5	53.6	34	54	−15.1	−20	−4.9*	−1.1*
ANC by trained provider***	58.5	63.2	91.4	59.5	−4.7	31.9	36.6*	30.6
Home delivery
by untrained attendant	66.9	56.9	40.2	44.1	10	−3.9	−13.9*	−10*
by trained attendant	20.7	26	41	33.1	−5.3	7.9	13.2*	9.6*
Normal Delivery at facility
Public hospital	4.9	6.9	8	9.2	−2.0	−1.2	0.8	1.1
Private hospital	3	2.4	2.4	1.8	0.6	0.6	0.0	.01
C-Section Delivery
in Public hospital	1.4	1.4	3.4	2.4	0.0	1	1	0.0
in private hospital	3.3	6.5	5.1	9.5	−3.2	−4.4	−1.2	0.0
PNC within 48 hours	15.4	25.1	52.4	20.3	−9.7	32.1	41.8*	19*
N	1,475	978	1,042	667

*Significance below 5% level; ** Medically trained provider (MTP) for ANC services includes: Doctor, Nurse, FWV, and SACMO; *** Trained provider for ANC services includes: Doctor, Nurse, FWV, SACMO and BRAC SK, 1 = Impact considering every population, the basic model, 2 = Impact after balancing with PSM.

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