Mehta Rachana, Sah Ranjana
Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
Dr. D.Y. Patil Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth (Deemed-to-be-University), Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
Health Serv Insights. 2025 Aug 9;18:11786329251366920. doi: 10.1177/11786329251366920. eCollection 2025.
This commentary addresses methodological and interpretive limitations in Geremew et al.'s study on healthcare-seeking behaviour for obstetric complications in Ethiopia, emphasizing the need for clinically validated definitions, analytical exploration of variable interactions, inclusion of all obstetric events, and facility-level cross-validation to strengthen the policy relevance and accuracy of the findings.
本评论阐述了格雷梅等人关于埃塞俄比亚产科并发症就医行为研究中的方法和解释局限性,强调需要有临床验证的定义、对变量相互作用进行分析探索、纳入所有产科事件以及进行机构层面的交叉验证,以增强研究结果的政策相关性和准确性。