Table 1

Model parameters

Parameter	Value	Lower	Upper	Distribution	Source
Maternal mortality rate per 100 000 live birth*	396	396	396		24
Neonatal mortality rate per 1000 live birth*	22.00	18.70	25.68		25
Life expectancy at birth*	64.20	64.20	64.20		26
Life expectancy at age 30–34*	41.00	41.00	41.00		26
Average age of pregnant women (years)*	32.00	32.00	32.00		26
Pregnant population in PBF provinces*	79 504	77 388	81 619		25
ANC rate, control group	0.50	0.50	0.50	Beta	10
SBA rate, control group	0.50	0.50	0.50	Beta	10
PNC rate, control group	0.50	0.50	0.50	Beta	10
ANC rate, treatment group	0.60	0.52	0.68	Beta	10
SBA rate, treatment group	0.52	0.50	0.54	Beta	10
PNC rate, treatment group	0.55	0.51	0.60	Beta	10
Unit cost of ANC, control group	0.96	0.92	1.00	Gamma	Primary data
Unit cost of delivery with SBA, control group	4.76	2.69	4.08	Gamma	Primary data
Unit cost of PNC, control group	1.28	1.19	1.45	Gamma	Primary data
Unit cost of ANC, treatment group	4.72	4.7	5.7	Gamma	Primary data
Unit cost of delivery with SBA, treatment group	48.48	48.0	52.5	Gamma	Primary data
Unit cost of PNC, treatment group	5.38	5.1	5.9	Gamma	Primary data
Management of maternal haemorrhage cost*	0.11	0.05	0.23	Gamma	11
Management of obstructed labour cost*	69.33	34.67	173.33	Gamma	11
Treatment of maternal sepsis cost*	37.46	18.73	93.64	Gamma	11
Management of hypertensive disorders Cost*	57.31	28.65	143.28	Gamma	11
Management of abortion cost*	45.98	31.54	79.42	Gamma	11
Safe abortion cost*	31.96	15.98	47.94	Gamma	11
Management of unsafe abortion cost*	60.00	30.00	90.00	Gamma	11
Management of low birth cost*	8.91	6.40	8.67	Gamma	11
Management of sepsis cost	21.31	18.20	22.83	Gamma	11
Management of birth asphyxia cost*	6.34	7.65	5.57	Gamma	11
Haemorrhage incidence*	0.11	0.05	0.23	Beta	11
Hypertensive disorder incidence*	0.03	0.01	0.05	Beta	11
Abortion incidence*	0.105	0.084	0.096	Beta	27
Unsafe abortion incidence*	0.04	0.02	0.10	Beta	11
Obstructed labour incidence*	0.06	0.03	0.07	Beta	11
Severe anaemia incidence*	0.09	0.08	0.09	Beta	11
Maternal sepsis incidence*	0.05	0.04	0.06	Beta	11
Fistula incidence*	0.02	0.02	0.04	Beta	11
infertility incidence*	0.09	0.08	0.09	Beta	11
Low birthweight incidence*	0.17	0.12	0.05	Beta	26
Neonatal sepsis/infection incidence*	0.02	0.02	0.01	Beta	14
Birth asphyxia incidence*	0.03	0.02	0.01	Beta	14
Obstructed labour/fistula duration*	32.0	28.0	36.0		Expert Opinion
Maternal haemorrhage/severe anaemia duration*	0.50	0.50	0.50		Expert opinion
Maternal sepsis/infertility duration*	17.00	17.00	17.00		Expert opinion
Low birthweight duration*	0.06	0.04	0.08		Expert opinion
Neonatal sepsis/all infection duration*	0.04	0.02	0.06		Expert opinion
Birth asphyxia duration*	0.19	0.01	0.04		Expert opinion
Maternal haemorrhage/severe anaemia disability weight*	0.093	0.090	0.093		28
Obstructed labour/fistula disability weight*	0.43	0.43	0.43		28
Maternal sepsis/infertility disability weight*	0.18	0.18	0.18		28
Low birthweight disability weight*	0.11	0.11	0.11		28
Neonatal sepsis/infection disability weight*	0.62	0.62	0.62		28
Birth asphyxia disability weight*	0.37	0.34	0.38		28
Quality Index Score, control group	54.9	53.5	56.3		10
Quality Index Score, treatment group	56.7	55.4	58.0		10

*The same parameter is used for both control and treatment groups.
ANC, antenatal care; PBF, performance-based financing; PNC, postnatal care; SBA, skilled birth attendance.