Table 2.
Characteristics of 12 secondary-level hospitals in southwest Nigeria: paediatric and neonatal wards (adapted from baseline needs assessment [8])
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital type | State | Mission | Mission | State | State | State | State | State | Mission | Mission | Mission | State |
| Beds (child + neonatal) | 13 (9 + 4) | 32 (20 + 12) | 63 (38 + 25) | 36 (26 + 10) | 46 (22 + 24) | 60 (44 + 16) | 48 (20 + 28) | 36 (16 + 20) | 20 (15 + 5) | 14 (12 + 2) | 70 (40 + 30) | 25 (21 + 4) |
| Admissions (annual) | 185 | 507 | 2343 | 238 | 791 | 849 | 3431 | 1945 | 431 | 344 | 2345 | 744 |
| Child | 180 | 444 | 1649 | 231 | 552 | 679 | 1959 | 1111 | 292 | 325 | 972 | 683 |
| Neonate | 5 | 63 | 693 | 7 | 239 | 170 | 1473 | 834 | 139 | 19 | 1373 | 61 |
| Staffing | ||||||||||||
| Access to paediatrician | Noa | Noa | Yesb | Noa | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yesb | Yesb | Yes |
| Medical (entire hospital) | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Nursing (paediatric) | 11 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 31 | 62 | 26 | 33 (3) | 9 (2) | 4 | 18 | 16 (2) |
| Power supply (h/day) power interruptions | 6–12 hourly | 6–12 hourly | 12–18 hourly | 6–12 hourly | 6–12 hourly | 12–18 hourly | 12–18 hourly | 6–12 hourly | >18 > daily | >18 > daily | 12–18 hourly | 6–12 hourly |
| Oxygen supply | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Fair | Poor | Poor | Poor | Fair | Poor | Poor | Poor |
| Oxygen cylinders | Yesd | Yesd | Yes | Yesd | Yes | Yes | Yesc | Yes | Yesd | Yesd | Yesd | Yesd |
| Oxygen concentrators | No | No | Yese | No | No | No | Yese | Yese | Yes | Yese | Yese | Yese |
| Pulse oximeters | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Maintenance capacity and procedures | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Fair | Fair |
| Clinical guidelines, education and review | Poor | Fair | Poor | Poor | Fair | Poor | Good | Fair | Fair | Poor | Fair | Poor |
| Care systems | ||||||||||||
| Clinical records | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair |
| Administrative records | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Fair | Fair | Poor |
| Medication and supplies | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
| Infection control | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
| Neonatal resuscitation | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Good | Good | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor |
Notes: aFamily medicine consultant, bpart-time, cpiped system connected to large oxygen cylinder, dnot present in paediatric areas, epresent but not fit for use. Summary indicators of oxygen supply and care systems include composite measures for oxygen supply reliability (presence of oxygen source, access to resupply, quantity to meet need), oxygen delivery devices (nasal prongs/catheter presence, access to resupply, quantity to meet need), clinical records (quality of case note and admission book documentation), administrative records (quality of medical record summary statistics procedures, documentation, and reporting), medication and supplies (checklist of essential items), infection control (availability and visible use of water and soap in clinical areas, reported infection control procedures), neonatal resuscitation (presence of resuscitation bag, neonatal mask, resuscitation table/cot)