Out-of-pocket costs and time spent attending antenatal care services: a case study of pregnant women in selected rural communities in Zinder, Niger

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Ouedraogo, Cesaire T. [1 ]
Vosti, Stephen A. [2 ]
Wessells, K. Ryan [1 ]
Arnold, Charles D. [1 ]
Faye, M. Thierno [3 ]
Hess, Sonja Y. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Nutr, Inst Global Nutr, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[2] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[3] Helen Keller Int, Niamey, Niger
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Out-of-pocket costs; Antenatal care; Opportunity cost of time; Pregnancy; Niger;
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10.1186/s12913-020-06027-2
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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Background: Despite an official policy of exemption from health care costs, pregnant women in Niger still face some out-of-pocket costs (OPC) in addition to time costs when they attend antenatal care (ANC) services. We aimed to: 1) assess the OPC for pregnant woman attending ANC, 2) estimate the time spent to attend ANC and the opportunity cost of that time, and 3) assess how OPC and time spent to attend ANC affected ANC attendance. Methods: Data were obtained from a quasi-experimental descriptive study carried out in the region of Zinder, Niger, which compared pre- and post-intervention cohorts of pregnant women (n=1736 women who reported attending ANC during their current pregnancy). An ANC attendance score was developed to describe the timing of ANC attendance in regard to the WHO recommendation of attending 4 ANC sessions. OPC and time spent were evaluated separately for associations with ANC attendance using Spearman correlations. Results: The mean (SD) age of pregnant women was 25.06.4yr, 19.0% were <= 19 yr and 99.7% were in their second or third trimester of gestation at the time of the interview. Among those who were >13 weeks and >27 weeks of gestation, 4.0 and 74.4% had attended ANC during their first and second trimesters, respectively. The median (1st quartile (Q1), 3rd quartile (Q3)) ANC score was 0 (-1, 0), reflecting that the majority of women failed to follow the WHO recommendation. More than half of the women (72.5%) experienced OPC related to ANC. The majority of women (>80%) reported spending similar to 3h for an ANC visit, including travel and waiting time. Time spent to attend ANC was not associated with ANC attendance score. Women who experienced OPC, and those who received iron folic acid (IFA) or long-lasting insecticide-treated bednets during an ANC visit, were more likely to have a higher ANC attendance score compared to those who did not. Conclusion:OPC and time spent were not identified as barriers to ANC visits, and IFA and long-lasting insecticide-treated bednets distribution could be used to motivate pregnant women to attend ANC.
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