Investigation of technical quality of antenatal and perinatal services in a nationally representative sample of health facilities in Nepal

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of study health facilities providing antenatal and perinatal care services in Nepal (NHFS 2015)

Determinants	Categories	Health facilities (N = 269) provided antenatal services		Health facilities (N = 109) provided perinatal services
		Frequency	%	Frequency	%
Managing authority	Private	38	14.3	31	28.4
	Public	231	85.7	78	71.6
Earthquake districts	Not affected	227	84.5	84	77.1
	Affected	42	15.5	25	22.9
Region	Mountain	20	7.2	13	11.9
	Hill	108	40.1	52	47.7
	Terai	142	52.7	44	40.4
Province	One	43	15.8	16	14.7
	Madhesh	51	18.8	16	14.7
	Bagmati	49	18.4	25	22.9
	Gandaki	21	7.6	12	11.0
	Lumbini	45	16.7	17	15.6
	Karnali	21	7.8	10	9.2
	Sudhur Paschim	40	14.9	13	11.9
Facility types	PHCCs and hospitals	196	72.8
	HPs and clinics	73	27.2
Health facility capacity	Poor	90	33.5	39	35.8
	Medium	90	33.4	34	31.2
	High	89	33.2	36	33.0
Quality assurance activities	No	204	75.7	73	67.0
	Yes	65	24.3	36	33.0
Health facility meeting	No	34	12.5	15	13.8
	Sometimes	47	17.6	13	11.9
	Monthly	188	69.9	81	74.3
Feedback collection	Yes	176	65.3	83	76.1
	No	93	34.7	26	23.9
Supervision of staff	No	57	21.2	33	30.3
	Yes	212	78.8	76	69.7

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