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Table 2 Infrastructure and human resources in included hospitals

From: Effect of collaborative quality improvement on stillbirths, neonatal mortality and newborn care practices in hospitals of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India: evidence from a quasi-experimental mixed-methods study

 

Baseline

Endline

 

Intervention

Comparison

Intervention

Comparison

Agreed participation in baseline and endline assessment

25

27

18

21

Facility assessment done in labour room

20

19

14

17

 Public secondary/college

15/1

11/3

12/1

11/2

 Private secondary/college

1/3

2/3

1/1

1/2

 Mean no. of deliveries per month

369

171

459

317

  Median (IQR)

315 (157–500)

166 (32–247)

426 (253–636)

233 (85–516)

 Mean no. beds

8

6

6

4

  Median (IQR)

5 (3–11)

2 (2–10)

4 (3–8)

3 (2–7)

 Hospital has an operating theatre

18 (90%)

16 (84%)

13 (87%)

13 (81%)

 Mean no. of obstetricians per 10 beds

4

9

10

10

  Median (IQR)

3 (2–7)

5 (3–10)

5 (3–8)

8 (5–15)

Facility assessment done in NCU

24

25

15

20

 Public secondary/college

15/2

10/3

11/1

11/2

 Private secondary/college

4/3

10/2

3/0

5/2

 Have a breastfeeding room*

21 (88%)

20 (80%)

11 (85%)

14 (82%)

 Have a Kangaroo Mother Care room

16 (67%)

10 (40%)

11 (79%)

13 (72%)

 Mean no. of admission per month

77

72

91

69

  Median (IQR)

67 (28–86)

51 (28–106)

65 (53–153)

53 (18–96)

 Mean no. beds in NCU

19

16

19

20

  Median (IQR)

18 (14–20)

16 (10–20)

20 (12–20)

20 (13–22)

 Mean monthly admission to bed ratio

5

4

5

4

  Median (IQR)

4 (3–5)

4 (2–6)

4 (3–8)

3 (1–6)

 Mean no. of paediatricians

4

4

3

3

  Median (IQR)

3 (2–7)

3 (1–6)

2 (1–4)

3 (1–5)

 Mean no. of nurses

5

4

9

9

  Median (IQR)

5 (3–6)

4 (2–5)

7 (6–14)

8 (3–13)

 Mean no. of paediatricians per 10 beds

2

3

1

2

  Median (IQR)

2 (1–3)

2 (1–3)

1 (0–3)

2 (1–3)

 Mean no. of nurses per 10 beds

6

8

5

5

  Median (IQR)

6 (3–8)

7 (5–8)

5 (4–7)

5 (3–7)

  1. Note: *5 missing at endline (2 intervention, 3 comparison)