Antenatal Care (ANC) Coverage, Health Infrastructure, and Postnatal Care (PNC) Services Utilization: A District Level Analysis of Punjab-Pakistan

Seemab Gillani (), Tusawar Iftikhar Ahmad (), Feng Wang () and Muhammad Nouman Shafiq ()
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Seemab Gillani: PhD Scholar, School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China
Tusawar Iftikhar Ahmad: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
Feng Wang: Professor, School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China
Muhammad Nouman Shafiq: PhD Scholar, School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China

iRASD Journal of Economics, 2021, vol. 3, issue 3, 318-331

Abstract: Awareness of receiving postnatal care is uncommon in Punjab (Pakistan) and supply-side is also unfortunate. Sufficient uptake of PNC may helpful in reducing maternal mortality. Thus, this study explored the demand and supply-side determinants of maternal health (utilization of PNC) care for 35 districts of Punjab, Pakistan. Percentage of women of reproductive ages using PNC services in the 35 districts of Punjab was the outcome variable. While, ANC utilization, adult literacy rate, household wealth, physical infrastructure had been considered as the explanatory variables. Secondary data were obtained from Punjab Development Statistics reports from the years 2010 to 2016. Pooled ordinary least square (OLS) and Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) were applied as estimation techniques. It was found that the percentage of women of reproductive ages using ANC services (0.662, p

Keywords: PNC; ANC; Foreign remittances; Health infrastructure; Districts of Punjab; Pakistan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.52131/joe.2021.0303.0047

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