Table 4 Predictors of essential newborn care quality among facility deliveries in Northwest Ethiopia (N = 338), 2019

Type of health facility

Health centers

170 (75.9)

63 (55.3)

2.5 (1.6,4.1)*

2.8 (1.4, 5.8)**

Hospitals

54 (24.1)

51 (44.7)

1

1

Number of nurses

Nine or less

74

25

1.8 (1.1, 2.9)*

1.7 (1.1, 2.9)*

Ten or more

150

89

1

1

BEmEONC service readiness

Good

117

31

2.9 (1.8, 4.8)*

2.1 (1.2, 3.9)**

Poor

107

83

1

1

Child immunization service readiness

Good

139

56

1.7 (1.1, 2.8)*

2.9 (1.5, 5.7)**

Poor

85

58

1

1

Partograph use

Yes

27

5

3.0 (1.1, 7.9)*

3.0 (1.1, 8.6)*

No

197

109

1

1

Birth weight /gram/

Low / < 2500/

23 (10.3)

26 (22.8)

1

1

High / ≥ 2500/

201 (89.7)

88 (77.2)

2.6 (1.4, 4.8)*

1.9 (1.1, 3.6)*

Hypothermia

Yes

7

16

1

1

Other illness

44

27

3.7 (1.4, 10.2)*

3.0 (1.1, 8.6)*

No illness at all

173

71

5.6 (2.2, 14.1)*

4.2 (1.6, 10.9)**

Type of pregnancy

Singleton

219 (97.8)

104 (91.2)

4.2 (1.4,12.6)*

3.0 (1.1, 9.4)*

Twin or triplet

5 (2.2)

10 (8.8)

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1

Sex the delivery assistant

Female

84 (37.5)

67 (58.8)

1

1

Male

140 (62.5)

47 (41.2)

2.4 (1.5,3.8)*

2.1 (1.3, 3.3)**

Friendly care during delivery

Yes

213 (95.1)

88 (77.2)

5.7 (2.7,12.1)*

5.1 (2.4, 11.0)**

No

11 (4.9)

26 (22.8)

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1