Table 1. Characteristics of delivery facilities in study sample (n = 467).
| All facilities (n = 467) | Lower-quality facilities (n = 333) | Higher-quality facilities (top 25%) (n = 134) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n or mean | % or SD | n or mean | % or SD | n or mean | % or SD | |
| Urban | 73 | 15.6% | 28 | 8.4% | 45 | 33.6% |
| Public | 138 | 29.6% | 81 | 24.3% | 57 | 42.5% |
| Facility type | ||||||
| Central hospital | 4 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 2.8% |
| District hospital | 24 | 5.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 24 | 17.0% |
| Other hospital | 64 | 13.7% | 17 | 5.2% | 47 | 33.3% |
| Health center/clinic | 375 | 80.3% | 316 | 96.9% | 59 | 41.8% |
| Highest clinician on site | ||||||
| Medical doctor | 75 | 16.1% | 7 | 2.1% | 68 | 48.2% |
| Assistant medical officer | 8 | 1.7% | 5 | 1.5% | 3 | 2.1% |
| Clinical officer | 350 | 74.9% | 292 | 89.6% | 58 | 41.1% |
| Registered nurse | 4 | 0.9% | 3 | 0.9% | 1 | 0.7% |
| Enrolled nurse | 29 | 6.2% | 25 | 7.7% | 4 | 2.8% |
| Other | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Clinical staff (mean, SD) | 34.79 | 50.84 | 19.28 | 12.17 | 73.34 | 81.16 |
| Maternity beds (mean, SD) | 11.91 | 13.20 | 8.11 | 4.27 | 21.58 | 21.05 |
| Quality domains 1 | ||||||
| Infrastructure and staff (mean, SD) | 0.50 | 0.23 | 0.41 | 0.18 | 0.73 | 0.16 |
| Delivery supplies (mean, SD) | 0.65 | 0.18 | 0.59 | 0.16 | 0.78 | 0.16 |
| Routine care practices (mean, SD) | 0.71 | 0.14 | 0.68 | 0.14 | 0.80 | 0.10 |
| Basic emergency care procedures (mean, SD) | 0.56 | 0.25 | 0.46 | 0.21 | 0.82 | 0.16 |
| Quality of maternal care (mean, SD) | 0.63 | 0.14 | 0.56 | 0.10 | 0.80 | 0.07 |
1 Each quality domain is the average of the items detailed in Fig 2: seven items for infrastructure and staff, five for delivery supplies and medications, six routine clinical practices, and seven emergency clinical practices.
SD: standard deviation