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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: World J Surg. 2012 Sep;36(9):2074–2079. doi: 10.1007/s00268-012-1629-6

Table 1.

%CS and %Hernia as relates to facility capacity in Rwandan district hospitals (n = 40)

Low %CS
[no. of hospitals
(proportion of
total)]
High %CS
[no. of hospitals
(proportion of
total)]
p Value Low %Hernia
[no. of hospitals
(proportion of
total)]
High %Hernia
[no. of hospitals
(proportion of
total)]
p Value
Running water
 Not available/sometimes available 4 (0.2) 4 (0.2) 1 5 (0.25) 3 (0.15) 0.43
 Always available 16 (0.8) 16 (0.8) 15 (0.75) 17 (0.85)
Electricity source
 Not available/sometimes available 3 (0.15) 5 (0.25) 0.43 7 (0.35) 1 (0.05) 0.02*
 Always available 17 (0.85) 15 (0.08) 13 (0.65) 19 (0.95)
Generator
 Not available/sometimes available 2 (0.1) 6 (0.3) 0.11 4 (0.2) 4 (0.2) 1
 Always available 18 (0.9) 14 (0.7) 16 (0.8) 16 (0.8)
Anesthesia machine
 Not available/sometimes available 6 (0.3) 11 (0.55) 0.11 9 (0.45) 8 (0.4) 0.75
 Always available 14 (0.7) 9 (0.45) 11 (0.55) 12 (0.6)
Bloodbank
 Not available/sometimes available 5 (0.25) 11 (0.55) 0.05* 9 (0.45) 7 (0.35) 0.52
 Always available 15 (0.75) 9 (0.45) 11(0.55) 13 (0.65)
Ultrasound
 Not available/sometimes available 2 (0.1) 4 (0.2) 0.38 4 (0.2) 2 (0.1) 0.38
 Always available 18 (0.9) 16 (0.8) 16 (0.8) 18 (0.9)
X-ray
 Not available/sometimes available 5 (0.25) 5 (0.25) 1 5 (0.25) 5 (0.25) 1.00
 Always available 15 (0.75) 15 (0.75) 15 (0.75) 15 (0.75)

%CS cesarean section proportion of total procedures, %Hernia herniorrhaphy proportion of total procedures

*

Statistical significance p value ≤ 0.05