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Table 1 Methodology matrix of the study

From: Perceptions of health care providers and patients on quality of care in maternal and neonatal health in fourteen Bangladesh government healthcare facilities: a mixed-method study

Study design

Methods & numbers

Research instruments

Respondents

Qualitative study

*GDs: 14 (One group from each hospital)

GD guideline: semi-structured open-ended questions with probes

From district hospitals: civil surgeon, obstetrics and pediatrics consultants, anesthesiologist, nursing superintendent, and two senior staff nurses

From MCWCs: deputy director of family planning, anesthesiologist, medical officer, one nurse, and one family welfare visitor

From UHCs: upazila health and family planning officer, obstetrics and gynecology specialists, pediatrician, anesthesiologist, resident medical officer, and one nurse

**IDIs:56 (four interviews from each hospital)

IDI guideline: semi-structured open-ended questions with probes

From district hospitals, MCWCs, and UHCs: One laboratory technician/pharmacist, one ward master/nursing supervisor, one ancillary staff from the maternal or neonatal wards, and one cleaner

Quantitative study

Exit interviews: 112 (eight exit interviews from each hospital)

Structured questionnaire

Patients or their attendants from maternal, labor, and neonatal wards at district hospitals, MCWCs, and UHCs

  1. GD group discussion, IDI in-depth interview, MCWC maternal and child welfare center, UHC upazila health complex