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Table 1 Characteristics of health facilities

From: Health facility capacity to provide postabortion care in Afghanistan: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics of health facilities

Facility type

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