Table 5 Propensity score matching analysis on the effect of a continuum of care in maternal health services on perinatal death Benishangul Gumuz Region, Northwest Ethiopia 2021
Factors | Perinatal death | ATE | ATET | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | β 95% CIa | P-value | β 95% CIa | P-value | |
I. Continuity of care in maternal health services via time dimension | ||||||
 First ANC services | ||||||
  No received | 152 (83.1) | 31 (16.9) |  |  |  |  |
  Received | 1818 (96.6) | 64 (3.4) | − 0.14 (− 0.21, − 0.08) | P < 0.001 | − 0.14 (− 0.21, − 0.07) | P < 0.001 |
 Fourth ANC services | ||||||
  Discontinued | 561 (91.4) | 53 (8.6) |  |  |  |  |
  Completed care | 1409 (97.1) | 42 (2.9) | − 0.05 (− 0.07, − 0.02) | P < 0.001 | − 0.05 (− 0.08, − 0.02) | P < 0.001 |
 Delivery care services | ||||||
  Unskilled delivery | 736 (93.8) | 49 (6.2) |  |  |  |  |
  Skilled delivery | 1234 (96.4) | 46 (3.6) | − 0.04 (− 0.06, − 0.01) | P = 0.002 | − 0.04 (− 0.07, − 0.01) | P = 0.006 |
 Continuity of care for both 4th ANC and skilled delivery | ||||||
  Discontinuity of services | 945 (93.8) | 64 (6.2) |  |  |  |  |
  Completion of the services | 1025 (96.9) | 31 (3.1) | − 0.04 (− 0.06, − 0.02) | P < 0.001 | − 0.04 (− 0.07, − 0.02) | P = 0.001 |
 Completion of continuity of maternal health services (ANC, SD, and PNC) | ||||||
  Discontinuity of COC | 1258 (94.3) | 76 (5.7) |  |  |  |  |
  Completion of a COC | 712 (97.4) | 19 (2.6) | − 0.03 (− 0.05, − 0.01) | P = 0.002 | − 0.03 (− 0.05, − 0.01) | P = 0.001 |
II. Continuity of care for key maternal health services | ||||||
 Continuity of key services of ANC package | ||||||
  Discontinuity of key services | 855 (92.5) | 69 (7.5) |  |  |  |  |
  Completion of key services | 1115 (97.7) | 26 (2.3) | − 0.05 (− 0.07, − 0.02) | P < 0.001 | − 0.05 (− 0.07, − 0.03) | P < 0.001 |
 Continuity of key services of PNC package | ||||||
  Discontinuity of key services | 967 (91.8) | 86 (8.2) |  |  |  |  |
  Completion of key services | 1003 (99.1) | 9 (0.9) | − 0.07 (− 0.09, − 0.05) | P < 0.001 | − 0.07 (− 0.09, − 0.05) | P < 0.001 |
Continuity of key services of all key services of the MHS package | ||||||
  Discontinuity of key services | 1211 (93.3) | 87 (6.7) |  |  |  |  |
  Completion of key services | 759 (99.0) | 8 (1.0) | − 0.05 (− 0.07, − 0.03) | P < 0.001 | − 0.05 (− 0.07, − 0.04) | P < 0.001 |
III. Continuity of care for maternal health services via space dimension | ||||||
 Discontinuity of care | 1168 (93.7) | 79 (6.3) |  |  |  |  |
 Completion of a COC | 802 (98.0) | 16 (2.0) | − 0.03 (− 0.05, − 0.01) | P = 0.001 | − 0.03 (− 0.04, − 0.01) | P = 0.003 |