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Table 1 Characteristics of facilities included, health management information system and the Ethiopian service provision assessment survey plus, 2014

From: Patient volume and quality of primary care in Ethiopia: findings from the routine health information system and the 2014 Service Provision Assessment survey

 

General hospitals

Primary hospitals

Health centers

Total

(N = 109)

(N = 45)

(N = 270)

(N = 424)

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Quality of care a

 Adherence to standards of care:

  Family planning

34.65 (10.58)

32.76 (10.45)

36.30 (11.00)

35.45 (10.85)

  Antenatal care

49.07 (10.84)

48.71 (7.46)

48.20 (11.40)

48.54 (10.78)

  Sick child care

33.10 (10.20)

36.84 (11.08)

36.10 (12.88)

35.31 (11.99)

 Clinical knowledge:

  Malaria

32.58 (7.98)

36.13 (8.31)

31.03 (8.92)

31.97 (8.75)

  Tuberculosis

42.96 (9.06)

43.06 (7.54)

40.32 (9.20)

41.29 (9.07)

 Overall quality score

38.76 (6.09)

39.61 (6.16)

37.01 (6.76)

37.73 (6.59)

Facility characteristics

 Outpatient volume (patients/day)

116.34 (111.37)

91.53 (58.41)

29.78 (34.26)

58.58 (75.98)

 Number of primary care staff b

65.92 (36.19)

32.91 (19.60)

11.24 (8.93)

27.59 (31.26)

 Essential medicine index c

0.72 (0.13)

0.68 (0.13)

0.44 (0.15)

0.54 (0.19)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 Basic equipment d

82 (75.2%)

35 (77.8%)

120 (44.4%)

237 (55.9%)

 Urban location

98 (89.9%)

40 (88.9%)

87 (32.2%)

225 (53.1%)

  1. a Family planning, antenatal care and sick child care consultations were observed in 235, 282 and 338 facilities, respectively. Clinical knowledge scores were available in all 424 facilities
  2. b Includes medical doctors, health officers and nurses
  3. c Average of 19 essential medicines listed in supplementary materials
  4. d Binary indicator for the availability of at least one functional: scale, pediatric scale, thermometer, stethoscope, BP apparatus and exam light