Table 1.

Facility characteristics are presented to show similarity of pre-intervention characteristics between control and intervention sites

Characteristics	All facilities (n = 20) n (%)	Intervention facilities (n = 10) n (%)	Control facilities (n = 10) n (%)
Level of facility
Health centre	4 (20%)	2 (20%)	2 (20%)
District hospitals	11(55%)	6 (60%)	5 (50%)
Regional referral hospital	5 (25%)	2 (20%)	3 (30%)
Number of inpatient beds
0–100	5 (25%)	3 (30%)	2 (20%)
101–300	13 (65%)	6 (60%)	7 (70%)
300+	2 (10%)	1 (10%)	1 (10%)
Average number of major surgeries per facility	102	52	50
Number of functioning major ORs per facility	1.7	1.6	1.7
Average monthly inpatient volume per facility	589	330	258

Multiple hospital classifications and sizes were used for this study