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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for control variables and independent variable phase

From: Can a quality improvement project impact maternal and child health outcomes at scale in northern Ghana?

 

n

% or mean

Control variables

  

 Type of facility

  

  Hospital

30

4.1

  Health centre

334

45.5

  Health post

370

50.4

 Affiliation of facility

  

  Government

676

92.1

  Faith-based

58

7.9

 Number of facilities for each Project Officer

  

  Project Officer 1

69

10.6

  Project Officer 2

110

16.9

  Project Officer 3

80

12.3

  Project Officer 4

78

12.0

  Project Officer 5

63

9.7

  Project Officer 6

125

19.2

  Project Officer 7

125

19.2

 Profession of QI Team Leader

  

  Midwife

267

51.3

  Nurse

119

22.9

  Other

134

25.8

 Mean number of QI Team Members

NA

9.9

 Outpatients with health insurance

NA

78.1

Independent variable

  

 Phase

  

  Wave 2a

638

87.1

  Wave 2b

96

12.9

  1. NA not applicable, QI quality improvement