Fig 1.
Diagram of information flow through phases of systematic review.
Table 1.
Risk of bias for randomized and quasi-randomized studies.
Table 2.
Summary of characteristics of studies.
Fig 2.
Number of studies in each category of continuum of care linkage.
Table 3.
Studies of linkage between antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and postnatal care.
Fig 3.
Mortality risk ratio for interventions linking antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and postnatal care.
Fig 4.
Funnel plot of studies linking antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and postnatal care.
Table 4.
Studies of linkage between antenatal care and skilled birth attendance.
Table 5.
Studies of linkage between skilled birth attendance and postnatal care.
Table 6.
Studies of linkage between antenatal care and postnatal care.
Fig 5.
Mortality risk ratio for interventions linking antenatal care and postnatal care.
Fig 6.
Mortality risk ratio for interventions linking the three stages of the time dimension (antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and postnatal care) and the three stages of the space dimension (community-family care, outpatient-outreach care, and clinical care).
Fig 7.
Funnel plot of studies linking the three stages of the time dimension (antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and postnatal care) and the three stages of the space dimension (community-family care, outpatient-outreach care, and clinical care).