Trends and Inequalities in Use of Maternal Health Care Services in Nepal: Strategy in the Search for Improvements

Table 2

Maternal health services included in the study and their definitions.

	Definition/measurement
Four antenatal care check-ups (ANC)	Percentage of women aged 15–49 who had a live birth in the five years preceding the survey that received 4 or more antenatal check-ups
Institutional delivery	Percentage of live births in the five years preceding the survey delivered in a health facility (private or public)
Caesarian section delivery	Percentage of live births in the five years preceding the survey delivered by caesarian section in a health facility (private or public)