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Table 3 Stock management and supply chain performance for trauma resources at low and high resource availability hospitals in Ghana

From: Assessment of local supply chains and stock management practices for trauma care resources in Ghana: a comparative small sample cross-sectional study

 

Low resource availability hospitals

High resource availability hospitals

 

median

(range)

median

(range)

p-value

Resources managed

 Items managed (out of 51 trauma resources)

40

(34–51)

47

(35–51)

0.09

Stock keeping

 Stock cards available

35

(33–45)

44

(25–51)

0.52

 Stock cards updated

24

(0–45)

31

(0–45)

0.83

Supply chain performance

 Stock-out on day of visit

4

(2–14)

1

(0–5)

0.05

 Stock-out within 6 months

9

(3–16)

2

(0–7)

0.07

 Number of stock-outs within 6 months

9

(3–57)

2

(0–9)

0.09

 Number of days stock-out

171

(51–1268)

8

(0–182)

0.11