Effect of Implementing a Free Delivery Service Policy on Women’s Utilization of Facility-Based Delivery in Central Ethiopia: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Table 1

The population of women of reproductive age and service data before and after the free delivery care policy implementation.

	Preintervention	Postintervention
Population data	July 2007-June 2013	July 2013-June2016
Zonal women of reproductive age	2,169,190	1,261,067
Expected deliveries	82,429	47,920
Average expected deliveries per month	1,145	1,331
Total facility-based deliveries (FBD) (ratio)	14,270 (17.3%)	10,460 (21.83%)
Average facility deliveries per month	198	291
FBD by health facilities
Adama health center	6,686	3,138
Awashmelkasa health center	850	1,905
Bishoftu health center	863	1,488
Modjo health center	3,991	1,761
Walinchiti health center	1,880	2,167