Utilization of provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling during antenatal care was relatively high among pregnant women in Gondar town.
In Table 8, the average utilizations of providers, a nurse, and an exam room are tabulated.
The study data regarding the utilization of alternative providers indicates that the most commonly visited healthcare providers other than physicians were massage therapists, chiropractors, and acupuncturists.
This research should be used to inform the development of regulations for educational preparation and utilization of these providers.
Although there was a significant change in utilization of skilled providers care during pregnancy, delivery and after delivery, however there is still a need for more motivation since a large proportion of mothers did not report for skilled providers care in the low performing areas.
Although deployment of NPs and PAs varies across regional VHA networks (Veterans Integrated Service Networks, or VISNs), many of these networks have been frontrunners in the utilization of nonphysician providers with respect to both numbers of PAs and NPs and to relative autonomy and responsibility in clinical care [ 15- 17].
The increased number of CSBAs, in addition to the integrated approach of the intervention, showed improvements in utilization of skilled provider care by mothers.
This provided an estimate of the number of live births, but also information on locations and other potential 'risk factor' variables for pregnancy and delivery outcome (e.g. age, parity, socio-economic status, prenatal care status, utilization of health provider for pre-natal and intra-partum care).
As regards nurse practitioners, the availability and utilization of primary care providers may affect the frequency of preventive cancer screenings.
This paper analyzes the before and after changes in the demand for curative ambulatory health services focusing on the association of income-related characteristics and the utilization of formal healthcare providers vs. no healthcare service utilization.
