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. 2018 Jan 15;18:29. doi: 10.1186/s12884-017-1655-3

Table 5.

Medical assistance for infants reported sick within 90 days post-delivery

Panama Dominican Republic South Africa Mozambique
PA_1 PA_2 PA_3 DR_1 DR_2 SA_1 SA_2 SA_3 SA_4 MO_1
N = 254 N = 61 N = 176 N = 269 N = 221 N = 487 N = 480 N = 485 N = 441 N = 232
Infant reported sick in first 90 days
 n (%) 127 (50.0) 32 (52.5) 121 (68.8) 104 (38.7) 41 (18.6) 18 (3.7) 41 (8.5) 43 (8.9) 73 (16.6) 66 (28.5)
Sick infant taken to
 Study site, n (%) 58 (45.7) 12 (37.5) 77 (63.6) 27 (26.0) 27 (65.9) 7 (38.9) 2 (4.9) 13 (30.2) 5 (6.9) 51 (77.3)
 Infant’s hospital/immunisation clinic, n (%) 2 (1.6) 6 (18.8) 7 (5.8) 10 (9.6) 3 (7.3) 10 (55.6) 13 (31.7) 10 (23.3) 21 (28.8) 13 (19.7)
 Other, n (%) 65 (51.2) 14 (43.8) 34 (28.1) 61 (58.7) 8 (19.5) 1 (5.6) 22 (53.7) 15 (34.9) 34 (46.6) 0 (0)
 Not taken to healthcare facility, n (%) 2 (1.6) 0 (0) 3 (2.5) 6 (5.8) 3 (7.3) 0 (0) 4 (9.8) 5 (11.6) 13 (17.8) 2 (3.0)
Reasons for not taking sick infant to healthcare facility
 Newborn did not appear seriously ill, n (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 3 (100) 4 (66.7) 3 (100) 0 (0) 3 (75.0) 4 (80.0) 13 (100) 1 (50.0)
 Lack of money, n (%) 1 (50.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (16.7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Lack of transportation, n (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 No alternative childcare available, n (%) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 Other, n (%) 1 (50.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (16.7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (25.0) 1 (20.0) 0 (0) 1 (50.0)

N infants with information available at 90 days follow-up, n (%) number (percentage) of subjects in each category