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. 2021 Jul 7;16(7):e0252700. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252700

Table 4. Identification, the first point of care, place of treatment and number of deaths of in young infants with PSBI signs across six study quarters (N- 370).

Implementation Quarters Quarter1 Quarter2 Quarter3 Quarter4 Quarter5 Quarter6 Total
 Time period Aug-2017 to Oct-2017 Nov-2017 to Jan-2018 Feb-2018 to Apr-2018 May-2018 to July-2018 Aug-2018 to Oct-2018 Nov-2018 to Jan-2019 Aug-2017 to Jan-2019 (Total 6 quarters)
2.1. Total number of live births occurred 259 740 1,002 1,253 1,244 772 5,270
2.2. PSBI infant identified 38(14.7) 10(1.4) 49(4.9) 117(9.3) 108(8.7) 48(6.2) 370(7.0)
2.3. PSBI infant identified by
 • ASHA 7(18.4) 2(20.0) 5(10.2) 10(8.6) 13(12.0) 5(10.4) 42(11.4)
 • Families 29(76.3) 8(80.0) 44(89.8) 106(90.6) 95(88.0) 42(87.5) 324(87.6)
 • ANM 1(2.6) 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 1(0.3)
 • Doctors 1(2.6) 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 1(0.8) 0(0.0) 1(2.1) 3(0.8)
2.4. The first point of care*
 • Government primary facility (PHC/CHC) 12(31.6) 3(30.0) 23(46.9) 51(43.6) 61(56.5) 24(50.0) 174(47.0)
 • District Hospital 4(10.5) 2(20.0) 5(10.2) 13(11.1) 13(12.0) 3(6.3) 40(10.8)
 • Tertiary 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 1(0.9) 0(0.0) 1(0.3)
 • Private facility 22(57.9) 5(50.0) 21(42.9) 53(45.3) 33(30.6) 21(43.8) 155(41.9)
2.5. Place of treatment*
 • Government primary facility (PHC/CHC) 11(28.9) 3(30.0) 21(42.9) 46(39.3) 47(43.5) 22(45.8) 150(40.5)
 • District Hospital 6(15.8) 3(30.0) 7(14.3) 19(16.2) 20(18.5) 5(10.4) 60(16.2)
 • Tertiary 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 2(4.1) 1(0.8) 2(1.8) 0(0.0) 5(1.4)
 • Private facility 21(55.3) 4(40.0) 19(38.8) 51(43.6) 39(36.1) 21(43.8) 155(41.9)
2.6 No. of Deaths identified§ 1(2.6) 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 0(0.0) 1(0.9) 1(2.1) 3(0.8)

* None of the case represented and managed in Sub Centres

Government primary health care facility (PHC/CHC) includes: primary health center (PHC) and community health center (CHC)

Numbers mentioned in the Place of treatment are different from the First point of care as patients were referred from first point of care to final place of treatment (see Fig 3 for further details)

§Denominator is number of PSBI infant identified in the respective quarter

none of the FB only (7–59 days old) case died.