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Table 5 Total number of indicators, T1 (first assessment) and T2 (re-assessment) mean scores, percentage change, standard deviation and p values

From: If you can’t measure it- you can’t change it – a longitudinal study on improving quality of care in hospitals and health centers in rural Kenya

Domains

Dimensions

Number of indicators

T1 (n = 10) ‡

T2 (n = 10) ‡

Average percentage change (difference T2-T1) ‡ of all relying indicators with available values at two times

Standard deviation

P-value

Clinical Care

86

62.66

72.73

10.08

24.12

0.0108

 

1 Antenatal Care

13

53.69

80.54

26.84

27.29

0.0059

 

2 Delivery

7

85.68

75.47

−10.21

24.41

0.3524

 

3 Postnatal Care

6

72.05

67

−5.05

21.42

0.6259

 

4 Family Planning

8

65.55

73.60

8.04

19.51

0.2818

 

5 Survivors of gender-based violence

11

53.50

64.70

11.20

10.74

0.0092

Management

90

68.41

81.52

13.10

16.72

< 0.0001

 

1 Leadership and governance

17

62.75

71.73

8.98

20.31

0.0971

 

2 Financial

5

83.02

92.03

9.01

11.07

0.1431

 

3 Maintenance

4

40.06

53.31

13.25

24.96

0.3662

 

4 Supplies

7

68.63

94.8

26.17

20.36

0.0145

 

5 Drugs

15

79.34

92.12

12.78

14.94

0.0051

 

6 Data

5

65.86

80.90

14.94

11.17

0.0403

 

7 Equipment

3

65.56

66.34

0.79

13.83

0.9303

 

8 Amenities

23

65.13

77.92

12.79

13.70

0.0003

 

9 Transport

2

77.5

95

17.5

17.68

0.3949

 

10 Waiting times

9

72.99

88.86

15.87

19.05

0.0369

Interface In/out-patients

16

58.64

72.51

13.87

22.21

0.0246

 

1 Community

2

69.41

95.66

26.26

13.37

0.2201

 

2 General

3

84.90

78.25

−6.66

30.81

0.7442

 

3 Referral

11

49.52

66.74

17.22

19.04

0.0133

Quality & Safety

67

51.13

71.15

20.02

18.51

< 0.0001

 

1 General

1

35.71

21.43

57.14

  
 

2 Guidelines etc.

4

41.73

75.9

34.18

18.32

0.0336

 

3 Critical incident reporting

7

34.92

50.04

15.12

19.44

0.0853

 

4 Emergency management

4

43.73

54.75

11.03

14.95

0.2367

 

5 Infection control

24

51.75

75.35

23.61

19.41

< 0.0001

 

6 Laboratory

27

58.47

75.76

17.30

17.69

< 0.0001

Total

218

61.30

75.93

14.64

19.57

< 0.0001