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Table 4 Number and percentage of facilities ready to treat complications, by facility type

From: Referral patterns through the lens of health facility readiness to manage obstetric complications: national facility-based results from Ghana

Complication

Teaching + Regional Hospitals (n = 12)

District Hospitals (n = 248)

Health centers (n = 439)

Health clinics (n = 113)

Maternity homes (n = 129)

CHPS (n = 36)

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Antepartum hemorrhage

5

41.7

81

32.7

31

7.1

13

11.5

35

27.1

0

0.0

Postpartum hemorrhage

5

41.7

52

21.0

21

4.8

12

10.6

28

21.7

1

2.8

Retained placenta

12

100.0

244

98.4

340

77.4

99

87.6

106

82.2

22

61.1

Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia

8

66.7

86

34.7

29

6.6

13

11.5

29

22.5

0

0.0

Sepsis

9

75.0

97

39.1

18

4.1

14

12.4

29

22.5

0

0.0

Prolonged/obstructed labor

8

66.7

86

34.7

30

6.8

13

11.5

34

26.4

0

0.0

Ruptured uterus

5

41.7

81

32.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

Complications of abortion

5

41.7

52

21.0

18

4.1

13

11.5

29

22.5

0

0.0

Ectopic pregnancy

5

41.7

81

32.7

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0

0

0.0