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