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Table 7 List of studies included

From: How do accountability problems lead to maternal health inequities? A review of qualitative literature from Indian public sector

Author(s)

Title

Study objective/focus

Study year

Study area(s)

Source(s)

Bhattacharyya et al., 2015

‘Neither we are satisfied nor they’- users and provider’s perspective: a qualitative study of maternity care in secondary level public health facilities, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Perception of care on provision (factors) of quality maternity care in public health facilities

2014

Uttar Pradesh

Reference check

Chaturvedi et al., 2015

Does the Janani Suraksha Yojana cash transfer programme to promote facility births in India ensure skilled birth attendance? A qualitative study of intrapartum care in Madhya Pradesh.

Factors influencing skilled attendance at birth

2012

Madhya Pradesh—3 districts

Reference check

Dikid et al., 2013

Maternal and perinatal death inquiry and response project implementation review in India.

Implementation of MDR, including overview of delays and causes of maternal deaths

2009

Bihar, Rajasthan, and Odisha

PubMed

George A, 2007

Persistence of high maternal mortality in Koppal District, Karnataka, India: observed service delivery constraints.

Factors contributing to maternal deaths

2004

Karnataka—Koppal district

ScienceDirect

Human Rights Watch (HRW), 2009

No tally of the anguish: accountability in maternal health care in India.

Factors influencing maternal health-care utilization

2008–2009

Uttar Pradesh

Reference check

Iyengar et al., 2009

Pregnancy related deaths in rural Rajasthan, India: exploring causes, context, and care-seeking through verbal autopsy.

Factors contributing to maternal deaths

2002–2003

Rajasthan—a block

Reference check

Jat et al., 2015

Socio-cultural and service delivery dimensions of maternal mortality in rural central India: a qualitative exploration using a human rights lens.

Factors contributing to maternal deaths

2011

Madhya Pradesh—Khargone district

PubMed

Jeffery P & Jeffery R, 2010

Only when the boat has started sinking: a maternal death in rural north India.

Factors affecting maternal health

2002–2005

Uttar Pradesh—Muslim village in rural Bijnor district

PubMed and ScienceDirect

Jihesh V & Sundari Ravindran TK, 2015

Social and health system factors contributing to maternal deaths in a less developed district of Kerala, India.

Factors contributing to maternal deaths

2010–2011

Kerala—Wayanad district

ScienceDirect

Jose et al., 2014

Utilization of maternal health-care services by tribal women in Kerala.

Factors affecting utilization of maternal health-care services

2009–2010

Kerala—Wayanad district

PubMed

Kaur J, 2012

The role of litigation in ensuring women’s reproductive rights: an analysis of the Shanti Devi judgement in India.

Factors contributing to maternal death; gaps in health system

2010

Haryana

PubMed and ScienceDirect

Khan N & Pradhan MR, 2013

Identifying factors associated with maternal deaths in Jharkhand, India: a verbal autopsy study.

Factors contributing to maternal deaths

2006–2007

Jharkhand—5 districts

Reference check

Mahapatro M, 2015

Equity in utilization of health care services: perspective of pregnant women in southern Odisha, India.

Factors affecting utilization of maternal health-care services

2011–2012

Odisha—Gajam district

PubMed

Raj et al., 2015

Emergency referral transport for maternal complication: lessons from the community based maternal death audits in Unnao district, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Factors contributing to maternal deaths

2009–2010

Uttar Pradesh—Unnao district

Reference check

Sanneving et al., 2013

Health system capacity: maternal health policy implementation in the state of Gujarat, India.

Process of implementing maternal health policies at sub-national level

2009–2010

Gujarat

Reference check

Singh et al., 2015

Community based maternal death review: lessons learned from ten districts in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Implementation of MDR, including overview of delays and causes of maternal deaths

2011

Andhra Pradesh—10 districts

PubMed

Smith, SL, 2014

Political contexts and maternal health policy: insights from a comparison of south Indian states.

Sources of variation in maternal health policy and implementation at sub-national level

2006–2007

Tamil Nadu and Karnataka

ScienceDirect

Subha Sri B & Khanna R, 2014

Dead women talking: a civil society report on maternal deaths in India.

Factors contributing to maternal deaths

2012–2013

10 states—Assam, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Odisha, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Chhattisgarh

Reference check

Subha Sri et al., 2012

An investigation of maternal deaths following public protests in a tribal district of Madhya Pradesh, central India.

Factors contributing to maternal deaths

2010

Madhya Pradesh—Barwani district

ScienceDirect

Sudhinaraset et al., 2016

Decision-making for delivery location and quality of care among slum-dwellers: a qualitative study in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Factors influencing women’s decision to seek maternal health and quality of care received

2014

Uttar Pradesh—urban slums of Lucknow

Reference check

Vellakkal et al., 2017

A qualitative study of factors impacting accessing of institutional delivery care in the context of India’s cash incentive program.

Factors influencing access to JSY and institutional delivery

2013

Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh

ScienceDirect