Women’s status, household structure and the utilization of maternal health services in Nepal

A study on effective utilization of health care services provided by primary health centre and sub-centres in rural Tamilnadu, India

“…24 hours services are available at some of the community health centers and taluk HQ hospital and some first referral units. 14,15 In the present study, the reasons for not utilizing the PHC were enlisted with the distance from the house to the PHC being the prime factor followed by the inconvenient timing and drugs being given only for few days at a time forcing the patients to visit the PHC at least twice a week for medications. However, the services of the doctor at the Orathur PHC were reported to be satisfactory.…”

Frequency and Timing of Antenatal Care Visits and Its Impact on Neonatal Mortality in EAG States of India

“…A study in rural North India tells that Women's autonomy was positively related to use of ANC [29]. Other studies found that Women from male-headed households were significantly less likely to use ANC in Nepal [36].…”

“…Some published literature showed that Household economic status has a positive and significant impact on the use of ANC. Women living in higher wealth quintile were more likely to receive satisfactorily and early on ANC than those with low economic wealth quintile status [24,25,[36][37][38]. Studies also found that health insurance coverage had a positive and significant impact on utilization of ANC.…”

Individual and local level factors and antenatal care use in Colombia: a multilevel analysis

“…With regard to individual factors, it has been shown in some countries that women with a higher level of education are more likely to use antenatal care services 8,9,10 , while in other countries use of antenatal care is not associated with maternal education 4 .…”