Table 3. Origin and characteristics of included studies.
| Region | Provinces (n = 23) | Capital | References | No. of studiesa (total) per Province |
Number of studies per category | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital | Health centre or post | Hospital and health care or post | Setting not stated | Urban | Rural | Urban and rural | Area not stated | |||||
| Highlands | Hela | Tari | 38, 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Southern Highlands | Mendi | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Enga | Wabag | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Western Highlands | Mount Hagen | 24, 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jiwaka | Banz | n/a | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chimbu | Kundiawa | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Eastern Highlands | Goroka | 36, 38 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Southern Region | Western | Daru | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gulf | Kerema | 24, 52 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Central | Port Moresby | 24, 25, 28, 33, 38, 40, 49, 50 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| National Capital District | ||||||||||||
| Milne Bay | Alotau | 24, 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Oro | Popendetta | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Momase | Morobe | Lae | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Madang | Madang | 26, 27, 29–32, 42, 44–46, 51, 53 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| East Sepik | Wewak | 24, 34, 47, 48 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| West Sepik | Vanimo | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| New Guinea Islands | Manus | Lorengau | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| New Ireland | Kavieng | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| East New Britain | Kokopo | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| West New Britain | Kimbe | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bougainville | Buka | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Studies at Multi-provincial level (PNG)b | 24, 38, 39, 53 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Total per categoryc | 13 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 13 | ||||
aSome studies are counted more than once when they were conducted in several provinces/categories.
bStudies are also counted towards each province category where applicable.
cWithout studies at multi-provincial level, all references are only counted once for total number per category.
Note: Some studies do not disclose information for individual categories e.g. urban/rural, in that case these studies are omitted from count for the respective category.