Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: Quality of care in family planning services in rural Mozambique with a focus on Long 
Acting Reversible Contraceptives: a cross -sectional survey  
 
Version: 3 Date: 19 Nov 2018  
 
Reviewer: Susan B. Moskosky  
 
Reviewer's report:  
 
This is a greatly impr oved manuscript.  Thank you for responding to my previous comments, and 
I have a few additional ones to offer.  
 
Page 3. Line 52: I would recommend that the conclusion focus on the need to improve the uptake 
of contraceptives, including LARC (not limited to improving uptake of LARC)  
 
 
Page 6, Line 127: 'monthly' should be changed to 'month'  
 
 
Page 7, Lines 133 - 134:  It is not clear why being close to a type 1 health facility is an 
exclusionary factor if type 1 facilities are only referral centers.  Please clari fy. 
 
 
Page 11, Line 226:  Sources of information are listed as being grouped into five categories, when 
only 4 categories are provided.  
 
 
Page 15, Line 283:  Insert the word 'go' between 'to' and 'in'  
 
 
Page 16, Line 290:  The number of women who walked to clini c is listed as 329 -- on the chart it 
indicates 299.  Line 308: 'were' should be 'where'  
 
 
Page 19, Line 356:  suggest changing to read "consultation is definitely an area 'in need of' 
improvement....."  
 
 
Page 19, Line 357: "LARCs 'were' only discussed...."  a nd "providers 'were' three times more 
likely...."  
 
Page 19, Line 361:  change 'multipara' to 'multiparous'  
 
Page 19, Line 373: change 'conditions' to 'procedures'  
Are the methods appropriate and well described?  
If not, please specify what is required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Does the work include the necessary controls?  
If not, please specify which controls are required in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are the conclusions drawn adequately supported by the data shown?  
If not, please explain in your comments to the authors.  
 
Yes 
 
Are you able to assess any statistics in the manus cript or would you recommend an 
additional statistical review?  
If an additional  statistical review is recommended, please speci fy what aspects require further 
assessment in your comments to the editors.  
 
I am able to assess the statistics  
 
Quality of written English  
Please indicate the quality of language in the manuscript:  
 
Needs some language corrections before being published  
 
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