Table 3.

Referral completion during the early neonatal period

Study	Sex	Referred (n)	Referral rate	Timing cut-off for completion	Referred and completed (n)*	Completion rate	Completion rate, w/o gender breakdown
Bangladesh 2004	No breakdown	554	Not available	Not indicated	272	0.49	0.49
Nepal 2002	male	4526	49.6 %	Within first 7 days of life	2390	0.53*	0.46
	female	4432	51.9 %		1734	0.39*
Nepal 2005	male	155	4.3 %	Within first 7 days of life	142	0.92	0.90
	female	125	3.7 %		111	0.89
Pakistan 2011	male	254	8.2 %	Within first 7 days of life	246	0.97	0.97
	female	247	8.7 %		242	0.98

*The completion rates between male and female neonates were statistically significantly different (p < 0.05)