Table 2.
Experience with care during childbirth for facility and home deliveries among women in India
| Dimensions of Care | Experience with care during delivery (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facility births (N = 210) | Home births (N = 290) | P Value | ||
| Structure (Accessibility, availability of medicine, supplies and hygiene) | Reached facility within 30 min | 35.2 | NA | NA |
| Pain management through injection | 54.8 | 24.5 | 0.000 | |
| Pain management through massage | 19.0 | 58.3 | 0.000 | |
| Clean delivery table | 90.4 | NA | NA | |
| Process of Care (Promptness, Cognitive, privacy, respect by staff who conducted the delivery) | Less than 30 min taken by provider to attend after onset of labor | 82.9 | 78.6 | 0.239 |
| Not left alone in delivery room | 94.3 | 93.1 | 0.594 | |
| Received information about progression of labour | 92.4 | 92.4 | 0.989 | |
| Received information about delivery procedures | 94.3 | 93.1 | 0.594 | |
| Delivery in a secluded place and absence of male members | 99.1 | 97.6 | 0.225 | |
| No abuse during delivery | 87.6 | 92.8 | 0.052 | |
| Outcome (morbidity and mortality) | No health problem of women post delivery | 65.3 | 67.2 | 0.640 |
| No health problem of new born post delivery | 88.5 | 86.5 | 0.502 | |
| Other (cost) | Average expenditure in INR | 2138 | 797 | NA |
| (1375–2901) | (689–904) | |||
NA not applicable