Out-of-pocket payments in the context of a free maternal health care policy in Burkina Faso: a national cross-sectional survey

Table 3 Proportions of women who paid and who did not pay for services

Characteristics	Women who paid		Women who did not pay		p
Characteristics	n	%	n	%
Type of facility					< 0.001
Health center	83	24	263	76
Medical center	11	27.5	29	72.5
Hospital	80	39.8	121	60.2
Region					< 0.001
Central	25	43.9	32	56.1
Central-West	20	55.6	16	44.4
Central-South	6	27.3	16	72.7
Plateau Central	7	13.5	45	86.5
Boucle du Mouhoun	25	29.8	59	70.2
Cascades	12	42.9	16	57.1
Hauts-Bassins	7	9.1	70	90.9
Central-North	9	34.6	17	65.4
Central-East	31	58.5	22	41.5
Eastern	2	4.9	39	95.1
Northern	13	36.1	23	63.9
Sahel	2	6.3	30	93.7
Southwest	15	34.9	28	65.1
Type of service					< 0.001
Normal delivery	57	23.2	189	76.8
Normal delivery with episiotomy	32	23.0	107	77.0
Dystocia	23	39.0	36	61.0
Dystocia with episiotomy	15	31.9	32	68.1
Postpartum hemorrhage	10	47.6	11	52.4
Post-abortion care	2	28.6	5	71.4
Eclampsia	7	36.8	12	63.2
Caesarean section	28	57.1	21	42.9
Place of residence					< 0.001
Rural	111	24.9	335	75.1
Urban	63	44.7	78	55.3
Woman’s age (years)					0.009
14–19	36	22.1	127	77.9
20–24	40	26.0	114	74.0
25–29	42	34.7	79	65.3
30–34	25	32.5	52	67.5
35–48	31	43.1	41	56.9
Woman’s education status					< 0.001
None	95	24.2	298	75.8
Primary	41	36.3	72	63.7
Secondary or higher	38	46.9	43	53.1
Parity					0.301
Nulliparous	57	26.2	161	73.8
Multiparous	98	31.1	217	68.9
Grand multiparous	19	35.2	35	64.8
Woman’s profession					< 0.001
Housewife	126	25.4	371	74.6
Student	13	43.3	17	56.7
Employed/Informal sector	35	58.3	25	41.7
Provider’s qualification					< 0.001
Doctor	24	52.2	22	47.8
Midwife	87	31.3	191	68.7
Auxiliary midwife	38	22.4	132	77.6
Nurses	16	20.8	61	79.2
Surgical assistant	9	56.3	7	43.7

ISSN: 2191-1991