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Table 5 Mean number of equipment items available at the time of survey by equipment group

From: Evaluation of immediate and sustained effects of transitioning quality long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) services to public sector health facilities in Ghana: a pre-post intervention study

 

Recent intervention

GHS support

CHPS (N = 61)

HC or Hospital (N = 68)

CHPS (N = 39)

HC or Hospital (N = 42)

T0

T2

T0

T2

T1

T3

T1

T3

Mean (range)

 Group 1. General FP provision (9 items)

6.4 (1–9)

7.2 (3–9)**

6.5 (0–9)

6.8 (3–9)

7.5 (2–9)

7.5 (4–9)

7.5 (2–9)

7.7 (2–9)

 Group 2. IUD equipmenta (9 items)

4.5 (0–9)

6.3 (2–9)***

4.8 (0–9)

6.3 (2–9)**

5.2 (0–9)

5.9 (2–9)

6.5 (2–9)

7.1 (0–9)

 Group 3. Implant equipment (8 items)

6.5 (1–8)

7.0 (1–8)*

6.2 (0–8)

6.8 (2–8)

6.3 (3–8)

6.7 (3–8)

6.9 (2–8)

6.9 (0–8)

 Group 4. Infection prevention supplies

(9 items)

8.1 (0–9)

8.3 (3–9)

7.7 (0–9)

8.1 (1–9)

7.9 (2–9)

8.4 (4–9)

8.6 (6–9)

8.5 (5–9)

  1. p-value: * < 0.05; ** < 0.01; *** < 0.001
  2. aGHS definition