Table 2.
Basic and comprehensive signal Function criteria for PAC and SAC, Ghana 2018
| Total | Facility type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary facilities | Referral facilities | |||||
| Post Abortion Care | Weighted N | % | Weighted N | % | Weighted N | % |
| Basic and comprehensive | ||||||
| Remove retained products of conception | 1044 | 73% | 533 | 59% | 512 | 96% |
| Administer parenteral antibiotics1 | 904 | 64% | 452 | 51% | 452 | 85% |
| Administer parenteral uterotonics | 959 | 67% | 504 | 56% | 454 | 85% |
| Administer intravenous fluids | 1060 | 74% | 576 | 64% | 483 | 91% |
| Offers family planning 7 days each week | 1212 | 85% | 790 | 88% | 422 | 79% |
| Provide at least one modern, short-acting family planning method2 | 635 | 52% | 459 | 57% | 176 | 41% |
| Has staff trained in PAC on duty or on call 24 h, 7 days a week | 879 | 61% | 524 | 58% | 355 | 67% |
| Basic Only | ||||||
| Communicate with (other) referral facilities | 1341 | 94% | 821 | 91% | 520 | 98% |
| Has vehicle with fuel to transport women needing referral elsewhere | 983 | 69% | 568 | 63% | 415 | 78% |
| Comprehensive only criteria (only in referral facilities) | ||||||
| Administer a blood transfusion3 | – | – | – | – | 326 | 61% |
| Reported having a functional operating room for PAC in the 3 months before survey | – | – | – | – | 457 | 86% |
| Reported offering at least one long-acting reversible method or permanent method during the survey | – | – | – | – | 402 | 75% |
| Total Facilities providing PAC in the past year 5 | 1432 | 57% | 898 | 48% | 533 | 87% |
| Safe Abortion Care | ||||||
| Basic and comprehensive | ||||||
| Perform vacuum aspiration | 417 | 90% | 208 | 83% | 208 | 97% |
| Can provide medication abortion | 422 | 91% | 226 | 90% | 196 | 91% |
| Offer family planning at least once a week | 425 | 92% | 228 | 91% | 198 | 92% |
| Provide at least one modern short acting family planning method | 418 | 90% | 220 | 88% | 198 | 92% |
| 1+ health professionals on duty | 465 | 100% | 250 | 100% | 215 | 100% |
| Communication or referral for facilities without comprehensive PAC | 366 | 79% | 199 | 79% | 167 | 78% |
| Comprehensive only criteria (only in referral facilities) | ||||||
| Can provide dilatation and evacuation for second trimester abortions | – | – | – | – | 54 | 25% |
| Provide at least one long acting reversible or permanent method | – | – | – | – | 189 | 88% |
| Total Facilities providing SAC in the past year 5 | 465 | 19% | 250 | 13% | 215 | 35% |
| Facilities with a copy of Comprehensive Abortion Care guidelines on-site4 | 379 | 24% | 239 | 24% | 140 | 26% |
| Total number of sampled facilities providing PAC and/or SAC | 1550 | 1003 | 547 | |||
Table presents nationally, representative weighted numbers and percentages
(1) 20 weighted missing responses on this variable
(2)205 weighted missing responses on this variable
(3)97 weighted missing responses on this variable
(4)Visually confirmed by interviewer. The denominator is facilities that reported providing PAC or SAC (last row)
(5)Out of all facilities in the sample