The effect of health facility delivery on neonatal mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 1 List of 19 studies included in the meta-analysis on the effect of health facility delivery on neonatal mortality, 1988-2012

S/N	Author(s) & year of publication/report	Country	Design	Sample size	Health facility		Home
S/N	Author(s) & year of publication/report	Country	Design	Sample size	Live-births	Neonatal deaths	Live-births	Neonatal deaths
1	Feng et al., 2011	China	Cross-sectional	898,360	840,622	6,592	57,738	1,664
2	Parazzine et al., 1988	Italy	Cross-sectional	638,438	622,381	6,488	16,057	275
3	Owa et al., 1998	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	7,225	5,741	653	1,484	285
4	Nathan et al., 2012	Tanzania	Prospective cohort	8,593	5,146	188	3,447	111
5	McDermott et al., 1996	Malawi	Prospective cohort	3,860	2,251	131	1,609	133
6	Okantey, 2008	Ghana	Cross-sectional	536	264	69	272	107
7	Titaley et al., 2008	Indonesia	Cross-sectional	15,800	5,948	96	9,852	152
8	Sharifzadeh et al., 2008	Iran	Case Control	468	227	68	241	88
9	Nga et al., 2012	Vietnam	Community trial	14,453	13,003	161	1,450	72
10	Upadhyay et al., 2012	India	Nested case control	5,444	2,871	102	2,573	84
11	Malqvist et al., 2010	Vietnam	Case control	782	599	80	183	58
12	Oti et al., 2011	Nigeria	Cross-sectional	5,708	2,009	65	3,699	122
13	Joshi, 2003	India	Case control	300	126	27	174	73
14	Tesfaye 2003	Ethiopia	Cross-sectional	1,462	837	27	625	41
15	Jehan et al., 2009	Pakistan	Prospective cohort	1,121	893	43	228	10
16	Dialo et al., 2011	Burkina Faso	Prospective cohort	864	308	10	556	30
17	Nankabirwa et al., 2011	Uganda	Prospective cohort	835	490	7	345	11
18	Ayzen et al., 2010	Pakistan	Cross-sectional	565	317	11	248	4
19	Seedhom et al., 2008	Egypt	Cross-sectional	1,991	417	3	1,574	45
			Total	1,606,805	150,4450	14,821	102,355	3,365

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