Table 1.
Characteristics of interviewed providers.
| Providers’ gender, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Female | 17 (89%) | |||||||||
| Male | 2 (11%) | |||||||||
| Highest degree obtained by provider, n (%)* | ||||||||||
| MD or MS | 9 (47%) | |||||||||
| Diploma course | 3 (16%) | |||||||||
| CEmOC Training | 4 (21%) | |||||||||
| MBBS | 3 (16%) | |||||||||
| Providers’ practice setting, n (%)º | ||||||||||
| Tertiary care center | 5 (20%) | |||||||||
| District hospital | 11 (44%) | |||||||||
| Private facility | 8 (32%) | |||||||||
| Charitable facility | 1 (4%) | |||||||||
*Diploma and MD or MS are two different post-graduate pathways for MBBS trained doctors to sub-specialize in obstetrics and gynecology. CEmOC is ‘Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care,’ a 16-week training course for MBBS-trained physicians in emergency obstetric care, including cesarean section and management of obstetric complications [47]. MBBS is the undergraduate medical degree in India.
ºWe defined a tertiary care center as a medical college, a district hospital as a hospital designated as such by the state government of Bihar, a private facility as a practice run outside of state government infrastructure, and a charitable facility as one managed by a non-governmental organization [47]. Note – six providers reported working in more than one of these types of facilities.