Evaluation of systems reform in public hospitals, Victoria, Australia, to improve access to antenatal care for women of refugee background: An interrupted time series design.
Jane YellandFiona K MensahElisha RiggsEllie A McDonaldJosef SzwarcWendy DawsonDannielle VanpraagSue CaseyChristine Elizabeth EastMary Anne BiroGlyn TealeSuzanne M WilleyStephanie Janne BrownPublished in: PLoS medicine (2020)
Accurate ascertainment of 'harder-to-reach' populations and ongoing monitoring of quality improvement initiatives are essential to understand the impact of system reforms. Our findings suggest that improvement in total antenatal visits may have been at the expense of recommended access to public hospital antenatal care within 16 weeks of gestation.