Table 8.

Percentage of substandard diagnosis and management during baseline (n = 248) and re-audit (n = 251) by obstetric history and patient category

Characteristic	Substandard diagnosis			Substandard management
	Baseline audit	Re-audit	p-value	Baseline audit	Re-audit	p-value
	(%)	(%)		(%)	(%)
Maternal age (years)
< 20	57.9	26.7	0.07	100	100	na*
20–34	46.4	34.3	0.01	98.9	90.2	<0.001
≥ 35	54.6	18.8	0.003	97	100	1
Parity
1	54.4	28.9	<0.001	99.0	89.8	0.004
2–4	45.3	35.3	0.11	99.3	93.9	0.02
≥ 5	25.0	28.6	0.88	100	71.4	0.20
Gestational age (weeks)
< 37	50.0	0	na*	100	0	na*
37–42	48.6	32.0	<0.001	99.2	91.2	<0.001
> 42	33.3	0	1	100	100	na*
Referral
Yes	47.5	38.4	0.10	99.3	91.8	0.002
No	37.7	20.6	0.009	99.1	90.2	0.005
Payment category
Public	51.3	37.5	0.01	99.4	91.3	0.001
Private	43.3	22.0	0.002	98.9	89.0	0.005
Referral and payment category
Referred public	53.8	38.2	0.008	99.2	92.4	0.005
Non-referred public patient	38.5	0	0.53	100	100	na*
Referred private	40.0	50.0	1	100	50.0	0.18
Non-referred private patient	43.8	21.4	0.002	98.8	89.9	0.015

Chi-square test or Fisher’s exact test for test of difference between first and re-audit

*na not applicable