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Table 1 Percentage Distribution of Health Care Providers and average maternal deaths by Facility

From: Association of the client-provider ratio with the risk of maternal mortality in referral hospitals: a multi-site study in Nigeria

Facility

All providers

All doctors

All nurses & midwives

Doctors in Obs/Gyn

Specialist Obstetricians

mdoctors

Midwives

mproviders

Average mdeath

Adeoyo Maternity Hospital, Ibadan

6.5 (245)

2.9 (40)

8.7 (205)

9.0 (17)

6.7 (4)

8.4 (21)

12.9 (195)

12.3 (216)

3.8 (6)

General Hospital, Minna

9.4 (351)

3.7 (52)

12.6 (299)

4.2 (8)

3.3 (2)

4.0 (10)

11.6 (175)

10.5 (185)

27.2 (43)

Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano

26.0 (977)

28.8 (400)

24.4 (577)

26.5 (50)

28.3 (17)

26.9 (67)

6.5 (98)

9.4 (165)

13.3 (21)

Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria

37.4 (1405)

49.4 (685)

30.4 (720)

28.6 (54)

36.7 (22)

30.5 (76)

42.9 (648)

41.2 (724)

6.3 (10)

State Hospital, Ijaye Abeokuta

5.2 (195)

3.2 (45)

6.3 (150)

5.8 (11)

3.3 (2)

5.2 (13)

5.6 (85)

5.6 (98)

3.2 (5)

Karshi General Hospital, Abuja

1,9 (73)

1.2 (17)

2.4 (56)

7.4 (14)

1.7 (1)

6.0 (15)

2.7 (41)

3.2 (56)

N/A

Central Hospital, Warri

5.3 (198)

4.9 (68)

5.5 (130)

9.0 (17)

6.7 (4)

8.4 (21)

7.7 (117)

7.8 (138)

8.9 (14)

Central Hospital, Benin City

8.3 (310)

5.8 (80)

9.7 (230)

9.5 (18)

13.3 (8)

10.4 (26)

9.9 (150)

10.0 (176)

37.3 (59)

Total

100 (3754)

1387

2367

189

60

249

1509

1758

158

  1. IRR – Incidence Rate Ratio
  2. All providers refer to all doctors, nurses and midwives in the entire hospital; All doctors refer to all doctors in all the departments in the entire hospital; All nurses and midwives refer to all nurses and midwives in the entire hospital; mdoctors refers to doctors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology department and specialists obstetricians; mproviders refers to doctors in Obstetrics and Gynecology Departments, specialist Obstetricians and midwives; mdeath refers to maternal deaths