Use of outpatient health services by postpartum women and newborns: data from the Birth in Brazil study

This study aims to estimate postpartum use of outpatient health services and verify the demographic, socioeconomic, and obstetric factors associated with use. A nationwide hospital-based study in 2011-2012 interviewed 23,894 women. Point estimates and respective confidence intervals were calculated for eight indicators of health services use, with performance assessed as “satisfactory” (75%-100%); “partial” (50%-74%), or “unsatisfactory” (