Determinants of utilisation of maternal care services after the reduction of user fees: A case study from rural Burkina Faso

Manuela De Allegri, Valéry Ridde, Valérie R. Louis, Malabika Sarker, Justin Tiendrebéogo, Maurice Yé, Olaf Müller and Albrecht Jahn

Health Policy, 2011, vol. 99, issue 3, 210-218

Abstract: Objective To identify determinants of utilisation for antenatal care (ANC) and skilled attendance at birth after a substantial reduction in user fees.Methods The study was conducted in the Nouna Health District in north-western Burkina Faso in early 2009. Data was collected by means of a representative survey on a sample of 435 women who reported a pregnancy in the prior 12 months. Two independent logit models were used to assess the determinants of (a) ANC utilisation (defined as having attended at least 3 visits) and (b) skilled assistance at birth (defined as having delivered in a health facility).Results 76% of women had attended at least 3 ANC visits and 72% had delivered in a facility. Living within 5Â km from a facility was positively associated, while animist religion, some ethnicities, and household wealth were negatively associated with ANC utilisation. Some ethnicities, living within 5Â km from a health facility, and having attended at least 3 ANC visits were positively associated with delivering in a facility.Conclusions User fee alleviation secured equitable access to care across socio-economic groups, but alone did not ensure that all women benefited from ANC and from skilled attendance at birth. Investments in policies to address barriers beyond financial ones are urgently needed.

Keywords: Maternal; care; Antenatal; care; Access; User; fees; Facility-based; delivery; Skilled; attendance; at; birth; Burkina; Faso; Sub-Saharan; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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