Fig 1.
Provides information on incentives and data collection periods for evaluation of the Malawi RBF4MNH initiative.
The vertical arrow indicates when supply-side incentives to health workers were applied to Intervention facilities. The intervention facilities in addition received demand-side incentives for women which were fully functional from 2014. Blue horizontal arrow represents interventin facilities. White horozontal arrow represents control facilities. Horizontal axis shows the before and after periods and timing of data collection. Back pointing arrows indicate the 12 months recall period data was collected during each survey round.
Table 1.
Independent variables definitions and measurements.
Fig 2.
Conceptual framework depicting the association between Supply-Side Incentives, Demand-Side Incentives and prompt presentation for obstetric complications care.
Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics and care seeking for women with self-reported complications, by group and survey year.
Table 3.
Summary of costs (US$)a of care in women with self-reported complication, by group and survey year.
Table 4.
Summary of household costs for women admitted for complication care, by cost-categories and group.
Table 5.
Effects of RBF on household costs,adjusted for covariates.
Table 6.
Time to seek care in days among women with self-reported obstetric complications, by group and survey year.
Table 7.
Effects of RBF on time to seek care (days) for obstetric complications, adjusted for covariates.