Table 3.
Reasons for Type 3 Delay | No of women at hospital level | Number of women at health centre level | Totala |
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Long waiting time before treatment at a healthcare facility | 75 | 24 | 89a |
Shortage of equipment and supplies | 45 | 50 | 62a |
Wrong assessment of risk, wrong diagnosis, wrong treatment | 20 | 36 | 48a |
Inadequate referral system | 2 | 34 | 36 |
Lack of competence on EmOC among the available personnel | 3 | 24 | 27 |
Staff unavailable | 4 | 21 | 22a |
Shortage of trained staff | 9 | 12 | 15a |
Lack of treatment guidelines | 0 | 12 | 12 |
aSome women experienced the same delay at both the hospital and health centre level, therefore the total exceeds 94