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Table 1 Post delivery stay by delivery characteristics

From: “You should go so that others can come”; the role of facilities in determining an early departure after childbirth in Morogoro Region, Tanzania

 

Stayed < 24 hour n (row %)

Stayed ≥ 24 hours n (row %)

P value

Delivery Type

Normal vaginal delivery

692 (62.7)

413 (37.3)

<0.001

Cesarean section

10 (10.5)

85 (89.5)

Assisted vaginal delivery

2 (40.0)

3 (60.0)

Delivery Complicationsa

No

620 (61.2)

393 (38.8)

<0.001

Yes

83 (44.1)

105 (55.9)

Birth Timing

Preterm birth

9 (30.0)

21 (70.0)

0.001

Term

700 (59.5)

477 (40.5)

  1. asevere vaginal bleeding, eclampsia, obstructed labor, retention of placenta, severe anemia and loss of consciousness
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