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. 2021 May 20;21:952. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10750-8

Table 3.

Event probabilities for delivery settings and maternal and neonatal events related to complications

DRC Kenya Zambia Guatemala Pakistan
Location of child delivery and probability of Cesarean section delivery
Delivery location and probability (N for overall sample)a 4818 9170 9367 16,287 7243
Overall sample average
 Local village or home setting (%) 19.51 26.52 18.04 42.11 37.48
 Non-hospital clinic setting (%) 66.15 54.61 58.13 0.86 29.30
 Hospital setting (%) 14.34 18.87 23.83 57.03 33.22
 Proportion of deliveries with Cesarean section delivery (all trial participants) (%) 1.12 2.26 1.20 27.78 11.46
Higher-risk (complicated pregnancy) sub-sample of overall sample (n) 953 1143 1759 5458 2367
 Estimated proportion of higher-risk pregnancies (% of total sample per country) 19.78 12.46 18.77 33.51 33.00
Delivery location and probability
 Local village or home setting (%) 18.47 21.00 14.10 37.71 35.02
 Non-hospital clinic setting (%) 62.33 52.06 52.25 0.64 25.64
 Hospital setting (%) 19.20 26.95 33.66 61.65 39.33
Type of delivery
 Proportion of deliveries with Cesarean section delivery (%) 3.67 7.87 3.47 34.15 14.91
Maternal health-related complication probabilitiesa
Maternal healthcare resource use (N) 145 142 163 1282 147
  Antibiotics (% yes) 86.25 78.70 43.95 83.30 93.90
  Hysterectomy after complication (% yes) 2.85 0.65 0.00 0.90 0.00
  Other surgery (% yes) 2.85 2.75 0.45 11.30 2.05
  Anesthesia (% yes) 17.50 30.35 8.40 61.35 2.75
  Blood transfusion (% yes) 13.25 6.10 3.20 4.50 21.70
  Inpatient ultrasound (% yes) 9.50 11.65 8.20 78.20 27.90
  Chest radiograph (% yes) 2.00 0.00 0.95 1.80 1.40
Neonatal health-related complication probabilitiesb
 Select neonatal healthcare resource use (sample ranges in countries per use type, N)c 4660-4908 7493-9288 6363-9456 15,827-16,394 3544-7284
  Neonatal hospitalization (% yes) 0.15 0.75 0.50 3.35 2.40
  Neonatal bath within six hours after delivery (% yes) 0.10 27.85 0.80 36.80 13.30
  Neonatal antibiotics (% yes) 1.55 0.50 0.20 3.80 10.80
  Neonatal oxygen use (% yes) 0.00 0.80 0.35 4.30 12.05
  Mechanical ventilation (% yes) 0.40 0.45 0.15 0.55 0.20
  Medical eye care (% yes) 1.25 15.20 1.00 56.25 0.90
  Medicinal cord care (% yes) 2.65 2.00 1.40 99.30 2.30
  Vitamin K (% Yes) 0.10 1.15 0.45 56.85 3.40

aMaternal health-related complications reported from sub-sample direct data collection from clinical trial

bNeonatal health-related complications reported from Maternal Health Registry

cSample size range for specific neonatal complications included some variability