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Table 4 Basic infrastructure and provider training: structural attributes

From: A cross sectional comparison of postnatal care quality in facilities participating in a maternal health voucher program versus non-voucher facilities in Kenya

Mean score of facilities with the following equipment /supplies (SD)a:

Voucher facilities (n = 21)

Non-voucher facilities (n = 20)

Total (n = 41)

P value

n SD

n SD

n SD

FP commodities (0–11)

7.7 (2.6)

8.2 (2.5)

8.1 (2.6)

0.590

Testing reagents (0–12)

10.0 (1.9)

9.9 (2.1)

9.5 (2.1)

0.814

General supplies (0–6)

5.2 (0.8)

5.6 (0.6)

5.5 (0.8)

0.179

Essential vaccines (0–6)

5.2 (0.7)

4.8 (1.4)

5.0 (0.9)

0.122

ARV Drugs (0–7)

6.1 (1.3)

5.5 (2.5)

5.9 (1.8)

0.300

STI and RH drugs (0–10)

4.2 (3.7)

4.6 (3.5)

5.3 (3.6)

0.719

Infection control supplies (0–9)

7.2 (1.3)

7.1 (1.3)

6.7 (1.4)

0.655

FP supplies (0–18)

14.8 (3.9)

14.6 (3.5)

14.2 (3.6)

0.891

Delivery supplies and kits (0–5)

3.4 (1.2)

3.5 (1.1)

3.2 (1.1)

0.935

General equipment (0–6)

5.9 (0.3)

5.7 (0.6)

5.7 (0.5)

0.323

Emergency equipment and drugs (0–4)

3.0 (1.1)

3.3 (0.8)

3.0 (0.9)

0.329

General infrastructure (0–11)

10.1 (1.1)

9.8 (1.3)

9.5 (1.5)

0.305

Total 0–111 (SD)

83.3 (13.4)

82.6 (12.1)

82.9 (12.6)

0.855

Provider training and updates

    

% of providers receiving training in the last 24 months on:

90

73

163

P value

n %

n %

n %

Family planning

26 (28.9)

19 (26.0)

45 (27.6)

0.684

Contraceptive technology update

27 (30.0)

22 (30.1)

49 30.1

0.985

Targeted PNC

21 (23.3)

9 (12.3)

30 (18.4)

0.078

PMTCT

37 (41.1)

30 (41.1)

67 (41.1)

0.998

Screening for cervical cancer

28 (31.1)

12 (16.4)

40 (24.5)

0.030

Newborn care

24 (26.7)

18 (24.7)

42 (25.8)

0.771

Essential obstetric care

22 (24.4)

21 (28.8)

43 (26.4)

0.562

  1. a SD Standard deviation