Table 2.
Utilization of MNCH services
| Utilization specific to rural health centres | Utilization of skilled provider a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parameters | Contracted | Control | P value | Contracted | Control | P value |
| (n = 350; %) | (n = 654; %) | (n = 350; %) | (n = 654; %) | |||
| Antenatal care at least one visit | 209 (75.5) | 148 (26.6) | <0.001 | 273 (78.0) | 539 (82.4) | 0.07 |
| Antenatal care three or more visits | 106 (82.2) | 79 (28.0) | <0.001 | 129 (36.9) | 278 (42.5) | 0.31 |
| Facility-based delivery (all types) | 81 (23.1) | 30 (4.6) | <0.001 | 200 (57.1) | 332 (50.7) | 0.07 |
| Facility-based complicated delivery | 27 (48.2) | 4 (3.3) | <0.001 | 55 (15.7) | 115 (17.5) | 0.41 |
| Postnatal care (within 6 weeks of delivery) | 17 (29.8) | 15 (10.5) | <0.001 | 49 (14.0) | 129 (19.7) | 0.38 |
| Care seeking for newborn illness | 27 (22.5) | 17 (7.9) | <0.001 | 90 (25.7) | 166 (25.4) | 0.64 |
aSkilled provider included doctors, nurses, and lady health visitors situated in rural health centres, government facilities other than rural health centres, and private health facilities.