Table 1.
Characteristics of facilities that served control and intervention communities*
| Control facilities (n = 12); median (IQR) | Intervention facilities (n = 6); median (IQR) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communities (Kebeles) served |
5.5 (4, 7) |
6.5 (5, 8) |
0.25 |
| Catchment population |
33 158 (26,081, 36 174) |
32 756 (30,020, 35 378) |
0.45 |
| Delivery beds |
2 (2, 2.5) |
2 (2, 3) |
0.52 |
| Clinical officers |
2 (1, 2.5) |
1 (0, 1) |
0.13 |
| Nurses |
8 (6, 8.5) |
6 (6, 7) |
0.61 |
| Midwives |
3 (3, 4) |
2 (2, 3) |
0.01
|
| Pharmacists |
1 (1, 2) |
1 (1, 2) |
0.39 |
| Laboratory technicians |
1 (0, 2) |
1 (1, 1) |
0.99 |
| Health extension workers |
10 (8.5, 13.5) |
11.5 (11, 14) |
0.21 |
| Health Development Army workers | 184 (146, 214) | 240 (194, 365) | 0.21 |
*Characterists of intervention and control facilities were compared using Poisson regression models with robust standard errors. Statistically significant differences at the level of α = 0.05 are indicated in bold.