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Table 3 Themes and subthemes related to health facility managers experience of ensuring timely availability of drugs and supplies needed for EmOC

From: Availability of drugs and medical supplies for emergency obstetric care: experience of health facility managers in a rural District of Tanzania

Theme

Subthemes

Unreliability of getting drugs and medical supplies needed for EmOC

Long delay in supply of drug and medical supplies

Supply of expired and unmatched drugs and medical supplies

Denial of supply of needed drugs

Delivery of untimely and suboptimal EmOC services

Delay in delivering care to women

Decreased trust in health workers

Decreased morale of health workers

Under budgeting and limited accessibility to locally mobilized drug funds.

Insufficient funds from central government to meet local drug demand

Bureaucratic process for accessing locally mobilized drug funds.