Quality of Maternal Health Care and Its Impact on Utilization of Services in India: An Assessment

Ram Manohar Mishra, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

THE PRESENT STUDY IS AN ATTEMPT TO CONSTRUCT THE COMPOSITE INDEX FOR QUALITY OF MATERNAL HEALTH CARE IN 316 SELECTED DISTRICTS OF INDIA BY GIVING APPROPRIATE WEIGHTS TO THE VARIOUS DIMENSIONS OF QUALITY OF CARE. A MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT TO EXAMINE THE IMPACT OF VARIOUS FACTORS OPERATING AT DIFFERENT LEVELS ON UTILIZATION OF MATERNAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES. WE HAVE USED DATA OBTAINED FROM FACILITY SURVEY (PHASE II, 2003) AND DISTRICT LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY (2ND ROUND, 2002-2004). THE STUDY HAS FOUND STRONG CORRELATION BETWEEN LEVEL OF ANTENATAL CARE AS WELL AS OTHWE DIMENSIONS OF QUALITY OF CARE ON UTILIZATION OF MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES IN RURAL INDIA.