Figure 1.
Conceptual framework – supplying health care in Malawi.
Table 1.
Study design.
Table 2.
Percent of health centres (HC, n = 45) or hospitals (n = 9) which keep key drugs sufficient, insufficient or not at all in stock at the time of the survey (“sufficient” defined as the quantity deemed necessary by the pharmacist/facility manager to treat the average caseload that required this drug during the forthcoming 3 months; differences between HC and hospitals not statistically significant).
Table 3.
Percentage of expected positions filled by district and hc/hospitals (expected positions based on facility managers' and District Health Offices' information); HC n = 45, hospitals n = 9.
Table 4.
Number of days absent per health worker (and percentage of total workdays) during 3 months by reason (n = total numbers of filled positions across all visited facilities).
Table 5.
Percentage of health workers that mention selected key aspects for assessment and treatment of malaria, ARI, OI and obstetric complications (by hc/hospitals), n = total number of respondents, number of respondents to obstetric questions (with obstetric experience).