Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the mothers and neonates admitted in NICU of DMCSH, FHCSH, and TGCSH comprehensive specialized hospitals, Amhara, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 210).
Table 2.
Characteristics of neonates and their mothers ‘admitted in NICU of DMCSH, FHCSH, and TGCSH comprehensive specialized hospitals, Amhara, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.
Table 3.
Survival probabilities to start TF among neonates admitted in NICU of DMCSH, FHCSH, and TGCSH comprehensive specialized hospitals, Amhara, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.
Table 4.
The group-specific median time of starting TF among neonates admitted in NICU of DMCSH, FHCSH, and TGCSH, Amhara, Northwest Ethiopia from October to November /2020 (n = 210).
Fig 1.
The Kaplan-Meier survival estimates of time to initiate TF among neonates admitted to NICU of DMCSH, FHCSH, and TGCSH, Amhara, Northwest Ethiopia from October to November/2020 (n = 210).
Fig 2.
Kaplan-Meier survival estimate of starting TF based on the gestational age of neonates admitted in NICU of DMCSH, FHCSH, and TGCSH, Amhara, Northwest Ethiopia from October to November/2020 (n = 210).
Table 5.
The final model containing predictors of time to initiate TF among neonates who were admitted to NICU of DMCSH, FHCSH and TGCSH, Amhara, Northwest Ethiopia from October to November /2020 (n = 210).
Fig 3.
Kaplan-Meier survival estimate of starting TF based on respiratory distress syndrome among neonates admitted in NICU of DMCSH, FHCSH, and TGCSH, Amhara, Northwest Ethiopia from October to November/2020 (n = 210).
Fig 4.
Cox-Snell residual graph, based on the Kaplan–Meier estimated survivor function, to test the overall adequacy of the Cox proportional hazard model of time to initiate TF and its predictors among neonates admitted to NICU of DMCSH, FHCSH, and TGCSH, Amhara, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 (N = 210).