From: Health facility capacity to provide postabortion care in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study
Characteristics of health facilities | Facility type | ||||||
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Provincial, regional, and specialty hospitals (n = 37) | District hospitals with 5 or more deliveries per day (n = 40) | District hospitals and comprehensive health centers with 0–4 deliveries per day (n = 37) | Basic health centers, sub-health centers, and family health houses (n = 112) | p-value | All public sector (n = 226) | Private hospitals (n = 20) | |
Facilities that provide 24-h coverage for delivery of services (EmONC) | 100.0% (37) | 100.0% (40) | 56.8% (21) | 41.1% (46) | < 0.001 | 63.7% (144) | 90.0% (18) |
Facility manager reports that misoprostol is used for treatment of incomplete abortion | 75.7% (28) | 75.0% (30) | 2.7% (1) | 3.6% (4) | < 0.001 | 27.9% (63) | 40.0% (8) |
Facility manager reports that manual vacuum aspiration has been used for removal of retained products of conception in the past 3 months | 75.7% (28) | 77.5% (31) | 0.0% (0) | 4.5% (5) | < 0.001 | 28.3% (64) | 10.0% (2) |
Facility manager reports dilation and curettage or evacuation and curettage have been used for removal of retained products of conception in the past 3 months | 97.3% (36) | 80.0% (32) | 2.7% (1) | 0.0% (0) | < 0.001 | 30.5% (69) | 65% (13) |
Recordkeeping | |||||||
 Abortion complications (hemorrhage and/or sepsis) | |||||||
  Percentage of facilities with register available for review | 72.5% | 73.0% | 8.0% | 18.6% |  | 47.3% | 45.0% |
  Average number of months with data recorded | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 |  | 5 | 4 |
  Average number of cases recorded per month | 29 | 8 | 0 | 1 | < 0.001 | 10 | 4 |
 Postabortion women discharged with a contraceptive method | |||||||
  Percentage of facilities with register available for review | 64.9% | 57.5% | 21.6% | 33.0% |  | 40.7% | 30.0% |
  Average number of months with data recorded | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 |  | 5 | 4 |
  Average number of cases recorded per month | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.136 | 1 | 0 |