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The impact of community midwives on maternal healthcare utilization
dc.contributor.authorMusaddiq, Tareena
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-01T18:57:05Z
dc.date.available2024-04-01 13:57:04en
dc.date.available2023-02-01T18:57:05Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.identifier.citationMusaddiq, Tareena (2023). "The impact of community midwives on maternal healthcare utilization." Health Economics 32(3): 697-714.
dc.identifier.issn1057-9230
dc.identifier.issn1099-1050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/175737
dc.description.abstractGlobally 800 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. One of the major reasons for high maternal mortality ratios in many developing countries is the low proportion of births attended by Skilled Birth Attendants (SBA). To address the high number of maternal deaths, in 2008 the Government of Pakistan introduced the Community Midwives Program. Under the program, women from across the country were trained and deployed as Community Midwives. In this study, I use six rounds of Pakistan Social and Living Measurement Survey to estimate the impact of this program on maternal healthcare utilization. I find that women residing in districts with higher Community Midwives per capita were 9 percentage points more likely to be attended by a SBA at the time of delivery and were 8 percentage points more likely to give birth at a medical facility as opposed to birthing at home. I find no evidence of impact on take up of prenatal and post-natal check-ups. The use of Community Midwives may be a cost effective tool to reduce maternal deaths, especially for developing countries with low health budgets.
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.publisherAdvancing Partners & Communities
dc.subject.otherdeveloping countries
dc.subject.othermaternal health
dc.subject.othermidwives
dc.subject.othercommunity health workers
dc.subject.otherskilled birth attendants
dc.titleThe impact of community midwives on maternal healthcare utilization
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelEconomics
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelMedicine (General)
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelStatistics and Numeric Data
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPublic Health
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScience
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciences
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusiness and Economics
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175737/1/hec4640_am.pdf
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/175737/2/hec4640.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/hec.4640
dc.identifier.sourceHealth Economics
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