Table 5.
Patients with a complication of induced abortion admitted for postabortion care during the period before and after the implementation of the PAC strategy
| Variable | Before intervention n (%) |
After intervention n (%) |
Change % (95% CI95)* | p* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GO emergencies | |||||
| Intervention hospitals | 1322 (10.1%) | 1470 (13.6%) | + 3.5% (− 3.4 à + 10.4%) | 0.284t | |
| Control hospitals | 1625 (10.9%) | 1246 (11.0%) | + 0.1% (− 3.5 à + 3.7%) | 0.950t | |
| Difference | + 3.4% (− 3.6 à + 10.4%) | 0.328t | |||
| Pelviperitonitis | |||||
| Intervention hospitals | 120 (5.0%) | 168 (2.4%) | − 2.6% (− 7.9 à + 2.7%) | 0.297t | |
| Control hospitals | 134 (9.7%) | 125 (7.2%) | − 2.5% (− 9.8 à + 4.8%) | 0.461t | |
| Difference | − 0.1% (− 8.3 à + 8.1%) | 0.976t | |||
| Hemorrhage, sepsis, endometritis, or pelvic abscess | |||||
| Intervention hospitals | 120 (95.0%) | 168 (97.6%) | + 2.6% (− 2.7 à + 7.9%) | 0.297t | |
| Control hospitals | 134 (90.3%) | 125 (92.8%) | + 2.5% (− 4.8 à + 9.8%) | 0.461t | |
| Difference | + 0.1% (− 8.1 à + 8.3%) | 0.976t | |||
With IC = confidence interval; n = number of subjects; p = p-value; t = t test; GO = gynecology and obstetrics; * = clustered robust standard errors (cluster = structure)