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Table 1 Hospital characteristics and staffing

From: Postnatal care education in health facilities in Accra, Ghana: perspectives of mothers and providers

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2015

2016

2016

Facility type

Deliveries

CS rate

Deliveries

CS rate

Labor ward midwives

Postnatal nurses

Regional

8566

48%

7824

49%

34

12

District

2808 (1926-3289)

18% (2ā€“30%)

2935 (1925-3258)

22% (13ā€“25%)

16 (12ā€“21)

6 (2ā€“10)

Sub-district

1307 (503ā€“2949)

ā€“

1330 (559ā€“2935)

ā€“

15 (7ā€“26)

4 (1ā€“9)

  1. Data are presented as number, average or percent (range). Cesarean section (CS). Sub-district hospitals do not conduct cesarean deliveries. All but three sub-district facilities had postnatal nurses