Are health facilities well equipped to provide basic quality childbirth services under the free maternal health policy? Findings from rural Northern Ghana.

Dalinjong, Philip Ayizem; Wang, Alex Y; Homer, Caroline S E

Dalinjong, Philip Ayizem; Wang, Alex Y; Homer, Caroline S E.

Affiliation

Dalinjong PA; Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. PhilipAyizem.Dalinjong@student.uts.edu.au.
Wang AY; Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Homer CSE; Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

BMC Health Serv Res ; 18(1): 959, 2018 Dec 12.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30541529

Subject(s)

Delivery, Obstetric/standards; Health Policy; Health Services Accessibility; Maternal Health Services/standards; Rural Health Services/standards; Female; Ghana; Health Facilities; Health Workforce/statistics & numerical data; Humans; Maternal Health Services/economics; Midwifery/statistics & numerical data; Pregnancy; Quality of Health Care; Rural Health Services/supply & distribution; Surveys and Questionnaires; Transportation of Patients

Key words

Availability; Basic inputs; Childbirth; Free maternal health policy; Ghana; Infrastructure; Maternal health services; National Health Insurance; Privacy; Quality care

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Rural Health Services / Delivery, Obstetric / Health Policy / Health Services Accessibility / Maternal Health Services Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Qualitative_research Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: BMC Health Serv Res Year: 2018 Type: Article Affiliation country: Australia

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