Table 1 Characteristics of public and private hospitals included in assessment

Characteristics of Hospitals

District Hospitalsn = 40

Provincial, Regional & Specialty Hospitals

n = 37

p-value

Private Hospitalsn = 10

Number (%) of hospitals providing uterotonic to manage PPH cases in the past 3 months

39 (97.5%)

35 (94.6%)

0.577

8 (80.0%)

Number (%) of hospitals having performed blood transfusion for maternity care in the past 3 months

30 (75.0%)

36 (97.3%)

0.019

7 (70.0%)

Characteristics of health care providers

District Hospitals (n = 233 SBA)

Provincial, Regional, & Specialty Hospitals

(n = 315 SBA)

p-value

Private Hospitals (n = 48 SBA)

Number (%) of SBAs having received training on basic emergency obstetric and newborn care in the past 3 years

43 (18.5%)

88 (27.9%)

0.044

16 (33.3%)

Number (%) of SBAs having received training on use of misoprostol for prevention and/or management of postpartum hemorrhage in the past 3 years

26 (11.2%)

54 (17.1%)

0.223

11 (22.9%)