Distribution of maternity waiting homes and their correlation with perinatal mortality and direct obstetric complication rates in Ethiopia

Tiruneh, Gizachew Tadele; Getu, Yayeh Negash; Abdukie, Mahbub Ali; Eba, Geremew Gonfa; Keyes, Emily; Bailey, Patricia E.

doi:10.1186/s12884-019-2356-x

Table 4 Regression coefficients on perinatal deaths and direct obstetric complications per 100 deliveries

From: Distribution of maternity waiting homes and their correlation with perinatal mortality and direct obstetric complication rates in Ethiopia

	Model 1: Regression coefficients on perinatal deaths per 100 deliveries (ln)				Model 2: Regression coefficients on rate of direct complications per 100 deliveries (ln)
	Health Centers		Hospitals		Health Centers		Hospitals
	Coef.	p-value	Coef.	p-value	Coef.	p-value	Coef.	p-value
Maternity waiting home	0.133	< 0.01	−0.473	< 0.01	− 0.047	0.363	− 0.492	0.011
Region
Urban (Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Harari)	**		**		**		**
Agrarian (Amhara, Oromia, SNNP, Tigray)	0.736	< 0.01	0.596	< 0.01	− 0.773	< 0.01	0.372	0.107
Pastoralist (Gambella, Benishangul-Gumuz, Afar, Somali)	1.142	< 0.01	0.607	0.016	−1.302	< 0.01	0.401	0.253
Managing authority
Public	**		**		**		**
Private, for-profit	0.484	0.069	−0.366	0.041	0.000	1.000	0.602	0.015
Private, not-for- profit	−0.090	0.629	−0.003	0.989	0.489	0.078	0.205	0.515
Rural	−0.191	< 0.01	0.129	0.537	−0.300	< 0.01	−0.529	0.071
Number of EmONC signal functions performed	0.075	< 0.01	0.147	< 0.01	0.078	< 0.01	0.045	0.405
Number of EmONC signal functions staffed and equipped	0.080	< 0.01	0.016	0.748	0.180	0.000	0.090	0.203
Any motor vehicle transport	− 0.022	0.567	0.515	< 0.01	0.112	0.038	0.339	0.116
SBAs per 100 deliveries	0.051	< 0.01	0.082	< 0.01	0.170	< 0.01	0.047	0.140
Annual deliveries
lowest quartile (≤ 196 per year)	**		**		**		**
lower middle quartile (197–386 per year)	− 0.470	< 0.01	− 0.063	0.764	− 0.222	0.011	0.194	0.515
upper middle quartile (387–651 per year)	−0.739	< 0.01	−0.205	0.293	−0.347	< 0.01	− 0.278	0.312
highest quartile (≥652 per year)	−1.189	< 0.01	0.181	0.337	−0.641	< 0.01	−0.208	0.446
Constant	− 5.641	< 0.01	−6.073	< 0.01	−4.175	< 0.01	−3.851	< 0.01
	R² = 0.3070		R² = 0.3600		R² = 0.2917		R² = 0.1596
	Adj R² = .3033		Adj R² = 0.3267		Adj R² = 0.2877		Adj R² = 0.1160
	Obs = 2442		Obs = 264		Obs = 2344		Obs = 265

Coefficients significant at p < 0.05 are bolded. ** reference category

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