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Table 2 Facility and case sample sizes and sample distribution by key characteristics

From: Competent and deficient provision of childbirth services: a descriptive observational study assessing the quality of intrapartum care in two provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

   

n

(%)

Total facility sample

  

29

(100)

Key facility characteristics

Province:

Kwilu

18

(62·1)

  

Kwango

11

(37·9)

 

Facility type:

Health center

24

(82·8)

  

Hospital

5

(17·2)

 

Delivery volume: a

High

12

(41·4

  

Low

17

(58·6)

Total case sample

  

69

(100)

Key case characteristics

Facility type:

Health center

55

(79·7)

  

Hospital

14

(20·3)

 

Delivery volume: a

High

31

(44·9)

  

Low

38

(55·1)

 

Skilled birth attendant (SBA) present: b

At least 1 SBA present in maternity at time of case observation

24

(34·8)

  

No SBA present in maternity

45

(65·2)

 

Client’s parity status:

Nulliparous

23

(33·3)

  

Multiparous

46

(66·7)

  1. a cutoff defined at 183 delivery cases in previous calendar year (i.e. on average one case every other day)
  2. b “skilled” includes nurses, midwives or other maternal care providers with at least any of the following training qualifications: A0 = 2-year postgraduate training, A1 = 3-year undergraduate training, A2 = 2-year undergraduate training