Incentives for increasing prenatal care use by women in order to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes

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Figure 1

Study flow diagram.

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'Risk of bias' summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.

Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Pregnant women who received incentives versus those who did not receive incentives, Outcome 1 Adequacy of prenatal care.

Analysis 1.2

Comparison 1 Pregnant women who received incentives versus those who did not receive incentives, Outcome 2 Frequency of prenatal care.

Analysis 1.3

Comparison 1 Pregnant women who received incentives versus those who did not receive incentives, Outcome 3 Initiation of prenatal care.

Analysis 1.4

Comparison 1 Pregnant women who received incentives versus those who did not receive incentives, Outcome 4 Return for postpartum care.

Analysis 1.5

Comparison 1 Pregnant women who received incentives versus those who did not receive incentives, Outcome 5 Cesarean delivery rate.

Comparison 1. Pregnant women who received incentives versus those who did not receive incentives

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Adequacy of prenatal care Show forest plot	1	892	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	5.84 [1.88, 9.80]

2 Frequency of prenatal care Show forest plot	1	606	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.18 [1.01, 1.38]

3 Initiation of prenatal care Show forest plot	1	104	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.04 [0.78, 1.38]

4 Return for postpartum care Show forest plot	2	833	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.75 [0.21, 2.64]

4.1 Cash incentives	1	593	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	0.43 [0.30, 0.62]
4.2 Non‐cash incentives	1	240	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.26 [1.09, 1.47]
5 Cesarean delivery rate Show forest plot	1	979	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.97 [1.18, 3.30]

Comparison 1. Pregnant women who received incentives versus those who did not receive incentives