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Table 6 Characteristics of audit meetings

From: Can hospital audit teams identify case management problems, analyse their causes, identify and implement improvements? A cross-sectional process evaluation of obstetric near-miss case reviews in Benin

Characteristic; N=67

median (min, q1, q3, max)

Interval admission-audit; N=65

39 days (8, 21, 62, 139)

Duration of meeting; N=48

158 min (45, 134, 175, 239)

Number of participants per meeting; N=57

15 (6, 12, 18, 24)

Number of invited absentees per meeting; N=39

3 (0, 2, 6, 15)

Involvement of participants in management of audited case; N=35

Yes:

No:

 

46%* (0,38,58,69)

38%* (0,15,48,77)

Presence of:

n (%)

obstetrician/physician; N=58

56 (97%)

midwife/nurse; N=57

56 (98%)

anaesthetist; N=57

39 (68%)

lab technician; N=57

29 (51%)

social worker; N=57

52 (91%)

administrators; N=57

13 (23%)

researchers; N=43

38 (89%)

Roles in the audit meeting

physician/obstetrician

midwife/nurse

Meeting moderated by…; N=50

26 (52%)

24 (48%)

Case presented by…; N=53

8 (15%)

45 (85%)

  1. *: Percentages do not add up to 100% because for some participants this information was not available.