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

Table 4 Predicted probabilities of good performance at different scores on the delivery-only index using Tanzania Round 1 (incl. Zanzibar) data

Delivery-only index score (% frequency) n = 282	Predicted probability (CI) of good performance – relative^a	Predicted probability (CI) of good performance – absolute^b
0 (0.71%)	< 0.001	< 0.001
1 (0.00%)	< 0.001	< 0.001 [< 0.001–0.001]
2 (0.71%)	< 0.001 [< 0.001–0.001]	< 0.001 [< 0.001–0.001]
3 (1.42%)	< 0.001 [< 0.001–0.002]	< 0.001 [< 0.001–0.002]
4 (6.38%)	0.001 [< 0.001–0.006]	< 0.001 [< 0.001–0.004]
5 (10.99%)	0.004 [0.001–0.014]	< 0.001 [< 0.001–0.006]
6 (12.06%)	0.012 [0.004–0.035]	0.001 [< 0.001–0.011]
7 (19.15%)^c	0.041 [0.020–0.084]	0.002 [< 0.001–0.018]
8 (14.54%)	0.127 [0.081–0.195]	0.006 [0.001–0.032]
9 (17.02%)	0.332 [0.251–0.423]	0.016 [0.005–0.056]
10 (8.51%)	0.628 [0.501–0.740]	0.043 [0.017–0.104]
11 (3.55%)	0.852 [0.724–0.926]	0.110 [0.053–0.215]]
12 (3.19%)	0.951 [0.869–0.983]	0.252 [0.118–0.459]
13 (1.77%)	0.985 [0.943–0.996]	0.479 [0.209–0.761]

^aRelative good performance is defined as being in the top 25% of the total QoC score distribution
^b2Absolute good performance is defined as performing ≥80% of all observed routine L&D actions correctly; 2.84% of deliveries observed demonstrated absolute good performance
^cMean = 7.48, median = 7

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