Table 1.
Characteristics of included healthcare facilities by healthcare facility type (designated to provide basic or comprehensive emergency obstetric care)
| Characteristics | Basic (n=52) | Comprehensive (n=75) | All (n=127) |
| Workload category: n (%) | |||
| 1–30 births per month | 22 (42%) | 9 (12%) | 31 (24%) |
| 31–160 births per month | 25 (48%) | 36 (48%) | 61 (48%) |
| >160 births per month | 4 (8%) | 30 (40%) | 34 (27%) |
| No. of births per month: Median (IQR) | 35 (20–70) | 103 (52–246) | 64 (31–178) |
| No. of live births per month: Median (IQR) | 34 (20–70) | 99 (49–238) | 61 (29–172) |
| No. of obstetric complications per month: Median (IQR) | 2 (0–6) | 7.5 (3–20) | 4 (1–15) |
| Number of direct obstetric complications per month: Median (IQR) | 2 (0–6) | 7.5 (3–20) | 4 (1–15) |
| Stillbirth rate (per 1000 births): Median (IQR) | 0 (0–5.3) | 21.7 (0–35.7) | 9.0 (0–28.0) |
| Early neonatal death rate (per 1000 live births): Median (IQR) | 0 (0–0) | 4.3 (0–11.5) | 0 (0–8.9) |
| Proportion of women with obstetric complications: n/N (%) | 0/190 (0%) | 6/1,435 (0.4%) | 6/1,625 (0.4%) |
| Direct obstetric complications: n/N (%) | 0/180 (0%) | 4/1,430 (0.3%) | 4/1,610 (0.25%) |
| Haemorrhage: n/N (%) | 0/48 (0%) | 2/350 (0.6%) | 2/398 (0.50%) |
| PPH: n/N (%) | 0/21 (0%) | 1/149 (0.7%) | 1/170 (0.59%) |
| (Pre-)Eclampsia: n/N (%) | 0/61 (0%) | 2/390 (0.5%) | 2/451 (0.44%) |
| Postpartum sepsis: n/N (%) | 0/1 (0%) | 0/63 (0%) | 0/64 (0%) |
| Obstructed labour: n/N (%) | 0/70 (0%) | 0/611 (0%) | 0/681 (0%) |
| Ruptured uterus: n/N (%) | 0/0 (0%) | 0/16 (0%) | 0/16 (0%) |
| Indirect obstetric complications: n/N (%) | 0/10 (0%) | 2/5 (40%) | 2/15 (13%) |
PPH, postpartum haemorrhage.