Table 6.
Percent distribution, percent and mean number of facilities by magnitude of referral out according to facility characteristics
| Reported no women with complications and no referrals (n = 167) | Reported referring women with complications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Referred > 50%a(n = 534) | Referred 10–50% (n = 81) | Referred fewer < 10% (n = 195) | ||
| Facility type | ||||
| Teaching & regional hospitals | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 5.6 |
| District hospitals | 15.0 | 7.9 | 48.2 | 72.8 |
| Health centers | 45.5 | 57.9 | 33.3 | 13.9 |
| Health clinics | 14.4 | 14.4 | 4.9 | 4.1 |
| Maternity homes | 16.8 | 16.5 | 9.9 | 2.6 |
| CHPS compound | 8.4 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| Managing authority | ||||
| Public / government | 62.9 | 66.3 | 70.4 | 48.2 |
| Private for-profit | 31.7 | 19.7 | 19.8 | 27.7 |
| Private not-for-profit | 5.4 | 14.0 | 9.9 | 24.1 |
| Has electricity | 90.4 | 94.4 | 92.6 | 98.0 |
| Has source of water | 68.3 | 70.9 | 75.3 | 89.7 |
| Has mode of motorized transport | 43.1 | 45.9 | 64.2 | 73.9 |
| Has means of communication | 32.3 | 35.4 | 55.6 | 80.5 |
| Volume of deliveries | ||||
| Monthly mean | 13.6 | 20.4 | 46.2 | 96.3 |
| Monthly range | 3–96 | 3–286 | 4–259 | 3–1107 |
| Mean EmOC readiness scoreb | 3.8 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Mean number of signal functions performed in last 3 months | 3.5 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 6.9 |
| Midwives on staff (n = 874) | ||||
| None | 68.8 | 65.9 | 42.9 | 14.9 |
| 1 | 19.2 | 23.4 | 26.0 | 22.1 |
| 2–4 | 11.4 | 9.7 | 27.3 | 43.7 |
| 5 or more | 0.7 | 1.1 | 3.9 | 19.3 |
| Has operating theaterc | 14.2 | 6.2 | 48.2 | 79.0 |
aIncludes facilities that did not officially admit women with complications but had evidence of referring women
bEmOC readiness score is a composite measure of signal function readiness, where each SF is worth 1 point
cFirst column is based on n = 162; second column is based on n = 520