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

Table 3 Effect of baby kit on the utilisation of maternal health services, Oyam District, 2013–2014

Outcome	Control (Agulurude HC III) % coverage			Intervention (Ngai HC III) % coverage			DID %
Outcome	2013	2014	Difference	2013	2014	Difference	DID %
ANC 4	38.9	57.2	18.3	27.6	39.7	12.1	−6.2
Delivery	89.5	70.9	−18.6	46.6	58.0	11.4	30.0
PNC	7.7	32.5	24.8	2.7	25.6	22.9	−2.0

ANC Antenatal care, PNC Postnatal care, DID Difference in differences (analysis). Service coverage was calculated using the information in Table 2. For instance, institutional delivery coverage in 2013 in the control group was obtained by dividing the total number of institutional deliveries in 2013 by the expected number of deliveries in the reference area in 2013 i.e. 850/950*100 = 89.5%

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