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Table 1 Accreditation process for 49 private facilities accredited for safe abortion services in Bihar, India under Yukti Yojana

From: Expanding availability of safe abortion services through private sector accreditation: a case study of the Yukti Yojana program in Bihar, India

 

Number

Percent

Process characteristics

  

Facility type

 Clinic

26

(53)

 Nursing home/private hospital

23

(47)

Source of information regarding accreditation programa

 Newspaper advertisement or government website

5

(10)

 Implementing NGO

46

(94)

 Other

1

(2)

Time from application to DAC inspection

 ≤ 1 month

8

(16)

 2–3 months

18

(37)

 > 3 months

23

(47)

Mean time to inspection, in months

 Mean

3.7

 

 (sd)

(3.46)

 

Time from DAC inspection to approval

 ≤ 1 month

33

(67)

 2–3 months

9

(18)

 > 3 months

7

(14)

Mean time to inspection, in months

 Mean

1.5

 

 (sd)

(0.74)

 
  1. NGO non-governmental organization, DAC District Accreditation Committee, SD standard deviation
  2. aPercentages may sum to more than 100 % because multiple responses were possible