Table 8 Percentage of substandard diagnosis and management during baseline (n = 248) and re-audit (n = 251) by obstetric history and patient category
Characteristic | Substandard diagnosis | Substandard management | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline audit | Re-audit | p-value | Baseline audit | Re-audit | p-value | |
(%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |||
Maternal age (years) | ||||||
< 20 | 57.9 | 26.7 | 0.07 | 100 | 100 | na* |
20–34 | 46.4 | 34.3 | 0.01 | 98.9 | 90.2 | <0.001 |
≥ 35 | 54.6 | 18.8 | 0.003 | 97 | 100 | 1 |
Parity | ||||||
1 | 54.4 | 28.9 | <0.001 | 99.0 | 89.8 | 0.004 |
2–4 | 45.3 | 35.3 | 0.11 | 99.3 | 93.9 | 0.02 |
≥ 5 | 25.0 | 28.6 | 0.88 | 100 | 71.4 | 0.20 |
Gestational age (weeks) | ||||||
< 37 | 50.0 | 0 | na* | 100 | 0 | na* |
37–42 | 48.6 | 32.0 | <0.001 | 99.2 | 91.2 | <0.001 |
> 42 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 100 | 100 | na* |
Referral | ||||||
Yes | 47.5 | 38.4 | 0.10 | 99.3 | 91.8 | 0.002 |
No | 37.7 | 20.6 | 0.009 | 99.1 | 90.2 | 0.005 |
Payment category | ||||||
Public | 51.3 | 37.5 | 0.01 | 99.4 | 91.3 | 0.001 |
Private | 43.3 | 22.0 | 0.002 | 98.9 | 89.0 | 0.005 |
Referral and payment category | ||||||
Referred public | 53.8 | 38.2 | 0.008 | 99.2 | 92.4 | 0.005 |
Non-referred public patient | 38.5 | 0 | 0.53 | 100 | 100 | na* |
Referred private | 40.0 | 50.0 | 1 | 100 | 50.0 | 0.18 |
Non-referred private patient | 43.8 | 21.4 | 0.002 | 98.8 | 89.9 | 0.015 |