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Table 3 Distribution of key characteristics across sampled antenatal care cases by implementation group and time point

From: Implementation of a performance-based financing scheme in Malawi and resulting externalities on the quality of care of non-incentivized services

 

Baseline

Midline (Year 1)

Endline (Year 2)

No PBF

Phase 1

Phase 2

No PBF

Phase 1

Phase 2

No PBF

Phase 1

Phase 2

Number (% total) observed cases:

47 (19.3)

194 (61.2)

47 (19.3)

65 (21.6)

174 (57.8)

62 (20.6)

65 (22.5)

178 (61.6)

46 (15.9)

By district, n (%)

 Balaka

8 (17.0)

32 (21.5)

18 (38.3)

12 (18.5)

22 (12.6)

25 (40.3)

14 (21.5)

38 (21.4)

18 (39.1)

 Dedza

16 (34.0)

35 (23.5)

12 (25.5)

25 (38.4)

50 (28.7)

19 (30.7)

15 (23.1)

44 (24.7)

12 (26.1)

 Mchinji

13 (27.7)

39 (26.2)

10 (21.3)

15 (23.1)

74 (42.5)

10 (16.1)

8 (12.3)

37 (20.8)

5 (10.9)

 Ntcheu

10 (21.3)

43 (28.8)

7 (14.9)

13 (20.0)

28 (16.1)

8 (12.9)

28 (43.1)

59 (33.1)

11 (23.9)

By facility type, n (%)*

 Health center

44 (93.6)

99 (66.4)

20 (42.5)

60 (92.3)

79 (45.4)

34 (54.8)

59 (90.8)

97 (54.5)

25 (54.4)

 Hospital

3 (6.4)

50 (33.6)

27 (57.5)

5 (7.7)

95 (54.6)

28 (45.2)

6 (9.2)

81 (45.5)

21 (45.6)

By facility ownership n (%)*

 Public

33 (70.2)

139 (93.3)

10 (21.3)

47 (72.3)

171 (98.3)

24 (38.7)

40 (61.5)

171 (96.1)

20 (43.5)

 Private non-profit

14 (29.8)

10 (6.7)

37 (78.7)

18 (27.7)

3 (1.7)

38 (61.3)

25 (38.5)

7 (3.9)

26 (56.5)

By ANC visit type, n (%)*

 First Visit

31 (66.0)

71 (47.6)

39 (83.0)

28 (43.1)

57 (32.8)

24 (38.7)

19 (29.2)

64 (36.0)

31 (67.4)

 Follow-up Visit

16 (34.0)

78 (52.4)

8 (17.0)

37 (56.9)

117 (67.2)

38 (61.3)

46 (70.8)

114 (64.0)

15 (32.6)

By ANC provider qualification a, n (%)

 Qualified

47 (100)

147 (99.7)

47 (100)

59 (90.8)

115 (66.1)

49 (79.0)

65 (100)

138 (77.5)

46 (100)

 Not qualified

0 (0)

2 (1.3)

0 (0)

6 (9.2)

59 (33.9)

13 (21.0)

0 (0)

40 (22.5)

0 (0)

Duration (in minutes) of consultation, mean (SD)*

6.8 (3.6)

7.1 (4.0)

4.6 (3.5)

6.8 (3.6)

7.1 (4.0)

4.6 (3.5)

8.8 (6.1)

12.0 (8.8)

8.4 (7.2)

  1. a “Qualified” category includes the following: registered nurse midwife, enrolled nurse midwife, enrolled nurse, enrolled midwife, medical assistant, clinical health officer, general physician, obstetrician
  2. * Distribution at baseline statistically significantly different between implementation groups (p < 0.05) based on Fisher’s exact test for categorical, and ANOVA for continuous variables