Table 3 Proportion of cases of obstetric complications (n = 9555) with sub-standard care/delays related to quality of care according to the level of health facility
Level of health service in which the delay was identified | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Delays | n (%) | Primary health care | Secondary health care | Tertiary health care |
Quality of medical care d* | 2309 (25.7) | |||
Absence of blood productsc | 57 (0.6) | 9 (0.1) | 41 (0.5) | 7 (0.1) |
Lack of medication: magnesium sulphate, antibiotics, vasoactive drugs, uterotonicc | 117 (1.3) | 36 (0.4) | 56 (0.6) | 25 (0.3) |
Difficulty in communicating between hospital and regulatory centrec | 779 (8.8) | 139 (1.6) | 425 (4.8) | 215 (2.4) |
Lack of trained staffc | 271 (3.1) | 74 (0.8) | 144 (1.6) | 53 (0.6) |
Difficulty in monitoringc | 409 (4.6) | 21 (0.2) | 256 (2.9) | 132 (1.5) |
Delay in case referral/transfere | 292 (3.3) | 61 (0.7) | 179 (2.0) | 52 (0.6) |
Delay in diagnosise | 487 (5.5) | 93 (1.0) | 266 (3.0) | 128 (1.4) |
Delay in starting treatmente | 602 (6.7) | 79 (0.9) | 315 (3.5) | 208 (2.3) |
Improper patient managemente | 1218 (13.6) | 69 (0.8) | 277 (3.1) | 872 (9.8) |