Table 3.
Correlation between requests made to the intervention and actual number of cases recorded in health facilities.
| Type of case | Number of requestsa (%) | Number of cases (%) | Spearman rho | P value | |
| Maternalb | |||||
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Antepartum hemorrhage | 231 (51.7) | 242 (100.0) | .05 | .90 |
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Postpartum hemorrhage | 438 (49.1) | 298 (100.0) | –.03 | .93 |
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Hypertension | 267 (45.8) | 1339 (100.0) | –.32 | .41 |
| Neonatal | |||||
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Asphyxia | 320 (100.0) | 2004 (100.0) | .44 | <.001 |
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Jaundice | 15 (100.0) | 158 (100.0) | .18 | .12 |
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Cord sepsis | 6 (100.0) | 63 (100.0) | –.07 | .57 |
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Sepsisb | 124 (40.4) | 185 (100.0) | .79 | .03 |
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Prematurityb | 208 (57.9) | 831 (100.0) | –.22 | .58 |
aRepresents the proportion of requests from only health facilities included in analysis.
bRepresents hospital level data excluding 3 of the 12 hospitals in the intervention arm. Two of these 3 hospitals are in the same district and are privately owned; data from hospitals excluded were unavailable to researchers as of time of data analysis (August 2018).