Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
Abstract
Global reviews and studies reveal that maternal deaths are clustered around labor, delivery, and the immediate postpartum period with obstetric hemorrhage being the main medical cause of death. To identify the reasons for satisfaction and dissatisfaction about delivery care services. The present community based cross sectional descriptive study was carried among women who had delivered in the period from January 2008‐December 2009. A total of 89.57%respondents who had delivered in public health facility were satisfied about delivery care services as compared to 94.76% respondents who had delivered in private health facility. The difference between proportions of respondents who were satisfied with delivery care services with respect to place of delivery i.e. either public or private health facility was not statistically significant. (p>0.05). Respondents who were satisfied with public health facility delivery care services stated the following reasons for satisfaction: ‘good institutional care provided there(48.94%),‘low cost of services’ (40.43%), ‘conducted normal delivery’ (9.22%) where as for private facility delivery services the reasons stated were: there was ‘good institutional care’ (78.19%), ‘conducted normal delivery’ (11.17%). The difference between proportions of respondents who were satisfied with delivery care services with respect to place of delivery i.e. either public or private health facility was not statistically significant. (p>0.05).
How to cite this article:
Sunita Parshuram Pawar, Geeta Pardeshi and Sagar S. Bhalerao. Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction about Delivery Care Services in Urban Slums.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.8.190.194
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1815-9346/10.59218/makrjms.2023.8.190.194