Table 2.

Comparison of facility delivery in the intervention and control groups

^*Study: The same study shown in multiple rows indicates multiple intervention groups in the study [40, 42, 44, 50, 62, 66, 74, 77, 83, 97–100, 107, 108, 125, 126, 131, 135, 139, 151–153]

^**Type of study: RCT, randomized controlled trial; C-RCT, cluster randomized controlled trial; Quasi, quasi-experimental study

^†Effect estimates: OR, odds ratio; RR, risk ratio; cRR, crude odds ratio

^‡mHealth functions: 1. Client education and behavior change communication (BCC); 2. Sensors and point-of-care diagnostics; 3. Registries and vital events tracking; 4. Data collection and reporting; 5. Electronic health records; 6. Electronic decision support; 7. Provider-to-provider communication; 8. Provider work planning and scheduling; 9. Provider training and education; 10. Human resource management; 11. Supply chain management; 12. Financial transactions and incentives

^§The risk of bias was categorized into three levels: high (H), moderate (M), and low (L)

^¶The studies for which the crude risk ratios (cRR) were calculated by the authors of this systematic review