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. 2021 Jul 21;16(7):e0254561. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254561

Table 4. Factors associated with BEmONC services readiness (n = 447).

Variable Unadjusted Adjusted
Coefficienta 95% CI P-value Coefficienta 95% CI P-value
Facility type
Hospitals ref. ref.
Peripheral facilities -4.44 (-7.91, -0.97) 0.012 -4.62 (-9.56,0.32) 0.067
Ownership of facility
Private ref. ref.
Public 2.94 (-1.30,7.18) 0.174 14.69 (9.25,20.14) <0.001
Location of facility
Rural ref. ref.
Urban 5.17 (1.75,8.59) 0.003 3.12 (-0.82,7.07) 0.121
Ecological region
Mountain ref. ref.
Hill -2.44 (-7.33, 2.45) 0.328 -4.18 (-8.76,0.40) 0.074
Terai 4.56 (-0.46, 9.59) 0.075 -1.80 (-7.20,3.61) 0.514
Province
Province 1 ref. ref.
Province 2 6.85 (0.33,13.37) 0.039 4.95 (2.03,11.93) 0.165
Bagmati province 2.29 (-3.84,8.41) 0.464 2.97 (-2.49,8.42) 0.286
Gandaki province -0.24 (-6.56,6.07) 0.940 0.74 (-5.48,6.96) 0.815
Lumbini province 7.96** (2.14,13.78) 0.007 7.55 (1.54,13.57) 0.014
Karnali province -3.41 (-10.24,3.41) 0.326 -1.92 (-8.84, 4.98) 0.584
Sudhurpaschim province 3.67 (-2.15,9.50) 0.216 2.05 (-3.48,7.58) 0.467
Duty schedule for 24 hours
No ref. ref.
Yes 8.65 (5.44,11.86) <0.001 4.89 (1.16,8.62) 0.010
Quality assurance
Not Performed ref. ref.
Performed 3.94 (-0.12,8.01) 0.057 1.36 (-2.34,5.06) 0.470
Maternal/newborn deaths
Not reviewed ref. ref.
Reviewed 8.29 (3.68,12.90) <0.001 4.88 (0.16,6.93) 0.043
Clients’ opinions
Not reviewed ref. ref.
Reviewed 4.63 (0.20,9.07) 0.040 2.26 (-2.42,6.93) 0.344
External supervision in the last 4 months
Not Occurred ref. ref.
Occurred 2.52 (-1.53,6.56) 0.222 -0.39 (-4.25,3.46) 0.842
Number of delivery service staffs per facility (as continuous variable) 3.58 (2.46,4.71) 0.000 2.49 (1.31,3.68) <0.001
Number of delivery beds per facility (as continuous variable) 3.11 (1.08,5.14) 0.003 1.35 (-0.60–3.31) 0.173

aUnstandardized Coefficient that represents a change in the outcome on average for a unit change in the independent variable.