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Table 2 Summary statistics on district providers trained and followed-up

From: “Top-down bottom-up” estimation of per capita cost of new-born care interventions in four regions of Ghana: beyond implementation to scalability and sustainability

Staff Characteristics Mean Std. Dev.
Age (n = 3367) 32 8.4
Years of work experience (n = 3323) 6 7.7
HBB0 score (n = 3450) 21 2.3
ECEB0 score (n = 3450) 27 2.4
Sex (n = 3453) Freq. %
Male 506 15
Female 2947 85
Cadre (n = 3453) Freq. %
Medical doctorsa 165 5
Anesthetists 190 6
Nursesb 941 27
Midwives 2106 61
Physician assistants 51 1
Facility type (n = 3449)c Freq. %
District hospital 3101 90
Polyclinic 59 2
Health center 289 8
Regions (n = 3453) Freq. %
Region A 1368 40
Region B 790 23
Region C 806 23
Region D 489 14
Ownership (n = 3453) Freq. %
Privated 1234 36
Publice 2219 64
  1. Source: MEBCI training data (2018)
  2. Legend: Helping Babies Breathe First Assessment (HBB0, the first OSCE score immediately after the training) and Essential Care for Every Baby First Assessment (ECEB0, the first OSCE score immediately after the training)
  3. aIncludes specialist doctors such as pediatricians, obstetrics and gynecology
  4. bIncludes health assistants, perioperative nurses, enrolled nurses, pediatric nurses, community health nurses, critical and emergency care nurses, ward assistants
  5. cOne provider each was drawn from the four regional hospitals which constitutes less than 1% of the total number of providers trained
  6. dFacilities owned by faith-based organizations
  7. eFacilities owned by Ghana Health Service or Quasi-government organizations
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