How much time do health services spend on antenatal care? Implications for the introduction of the focused antenatal care model in Tanzania

Table 2 Time (in min) for activities in ANC 1^st visit; current practice

ANC FIRST VISIT	no. of observations	mean	minimum	maximum
Registration	26	02:10	01:00	03:30
History taking	28	04:20	02:30	08:20
Examination	28	03:40	02:00	07:20
Drug administration	28	01:00	00:30	03:00
Health education and counselling	8	01:30	00:20	02:10
Immunization	18	01:40	00:20	03:30
Total ANC contact time *	28	12:20	08:00	20:40

* The total contact time is not the sum of the average times of each step, but calculated as the mean of the total time of the observed visits. It differs from the sum of the average times because the number of observations per service step varies.

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