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Table 4 Characteristics of service providers and health facilities (weighted)

From: Standards of care and determinants of women’s satisfaction with delivery services in Nepal: a multi-perspective analysis using data from a health facility-based survey

Characteristics of service providers and health facilities

Number

Percent

Type of provider

  

 Doctor

22

6.9

 Nurse

180

56.2

 Auxiliary Nurse Midwife

118

36.9

Sex of the provider assisting the birth

  

 Female

310

96.9

 Male

10

3.1

Type of health facility

  

 Public hospital

228

71.3

 Other public health facility

24

7.3

 Private hospital

68

21.4

Implementation of Maternity Incentive Scheme

269

83.9

Type of site

  

 Emergency obstetric and neonatal care (EmONC)

25

7.7

 Basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care (BEmONC)

8

2.4

 Comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care (CEmONC)

274

85.6

 Other

14

4.3

Distance to health facility

  

 Proximal, within 30 minutes’ walking distance

206

64.4

 Semi-proximal, 30–60 minutes’ walking distance

114

35.6

Total women

320

100.0

  1. In the “Type of provider” variable, one Health Assistant has been merged with the Auxiliary Nurse Midwife category