Table 3.

Characteristics of health facilities (n=531) included in the choice set

Facility type	Facilities of each type		Deliveries at each type		Basic obstetric care score		Facilities with fees
	n	%	n	%	Median	IQR	n	%
Central hospital	4	0.8	177	2.7	0.86	(0.78–0.94)	0	0.0
District hospital	24	4.5	1604	24.2	0.76	(0.67–0.81)	1	4.2
Rural/community hospital	41	7.7	567	8.6	0.72	(0.61–0.80)	15	36.6
Other hospital	28	5.3	258	3.9	0.68	(0.65–0.80)	22	78.6
Clinic	17	3.2	38	0.6	0.55	(0.46–0.66)	13	76.5
Health centre	413	77.8	3952	59.7	0.55	(0.43–0.66)	86	20.8
Maternity	4	0.8	29	0.4	0.45	(0.33–0.58)	2	50.0
	531		6625				139	26.2

Note that ‘Other hospital’ consists of private hospitals, Christian Health Association of Malawi or mission hospitals and some government hospitals.