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Table 3 Summary of index performance across validation domainsa

From: Measuring the quality of maternal and care processes at the time of delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: development and validation of a short index

 

Comprehensive index

Delivery-only index

Kenya

 Dimension representation

1

0

 Association with overall QoC

1

0

 Discrimination of good/poor performance

1

0

 Item association with overall QoC

1

1

 Item performance range

1

1

 Variability and distribution of index score

1

0

Total

6

2

Madagascar

 Dimension representation

1

0

 Association with overall QoC

1

0

 Discrimination of good/poor performance

1

0

 Item association with overall QoC

0

1

 Item performance range

1

0

 Variability and distribution of index score

1

1

Total

5

2

Tanzania R1 (incl. Zanzibar)

 Dimension representation

1

0

 Association with overall QoC

1

0

 Discrimination of good/poor performance

1

0

 Item association with overall QoC

0

1

 Item performance range

1

0

 Variability and distribution of index score

0

1

Total

4

2

Tanzania R2

 Dimension representation

1

0

 Association with overall QoC

1

0

 Discrimination of good/poor performance

1

0

 Item association with overall QoC

0

1

 Item performance range

0

1

 Variability and distribution of index score

0

1

Total

3

3

Total across countries

18

9

  1. aEach index received 1 point if it was the better performing on the measures of a particular domain; ties were acceptable