Effects of demand-side incentives in improving the utilisation of delivery services in Oyam District in northern Uganda: a quasi-experimental study

Table 4 Effect of transport vouchers on the utilisation of maternal health services, Oyam District, 2013–2014

Outcome	Control (Amwa HC II) % coverage			Intervention (Atipe HC II + Alao HC II) % coverage			DID %
Outcome	2013	2014	Difference	2013	2014	Difference	DID %
ANC 4	57.1	58.2	1.1	12.0	73.1	61.1	60.0
Delivery	44.4	61.2	16.8	20.3	80.0	59.7	42.9
PNC	12.8	12.4	−0.4	0.6	49.4	48.8	49.2

ANC Antenatal care, PNC Postnatal care, DID Difference in differences (analysis). Service coverage was calculated using the information in Table 2. For instance, PNC coverage in 2013 in the control group was obtained by dividing the total number of women who received PNC in 2013 by the expected number of deliveries in the reference area in 2013 i.e. 48/376*100 = 12.8%

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