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

Table 4 Means of the outcome variables by implementation period and facility type

	Pre-intervention			Transition phase			Post-intervention			Overall
Outcomes	Facility-Months	Mean	Range	Facility-Months	Mean	Range	Facility-Months	Mean	Range	Facility-Months	Mean	Range
Early antenatal care (%)	8832	37	0–100	2077	42	0–100	11,671	48	0–100	22,580	43	0–100
Hospitals	580	40	2–100	117	40	3–94	496	44	3–100	1193	41	2–100
Health centres	5227	36	0–100	1150	41	0–100	6080	45	0–100	12,457	41	0–100
Health posts	3025	38	0–100	810	43	0–100	5095	51	0–100	8930	46	1–100
Skilled delivery (%)	8156	42	0–100	1923	47	0–100	9573	51	0–100	19,652	47	0–100
Hospitals	562	86	0–100	119	89	0–100	416	90	0–100	1097	88	0–100
Health centres	4930	49	0–100	1109	55	0–100	5296	65	0–100	11,335	57	0–100
Health posts	2664	19	0–100	695	27	0–100	3861	28	0–100	7220	25	0–100
Underweight in infants (%)	7482	2	0–100	1942	2	0–67	7685	8	0–100	17,109	5	0–100
Hospitals	213	2	0–27	50	2	0–18	182	6	0–51	445	4	0–51
Health centres	4368	2	0–100	1030	2	0–52	3968	7	0–70	9366	4	0–100
Health posts	2901	2	0–63	862	2	0–67	3535	9	0–100	7298	5	0–100
Under-five mortality rate (Hospitals)	269	36 per 1000	0–100 per 1000	49	25 per 1000	0–23 per 1000	253	29 per 1000	0–39 per 1000	571	32 per 1000	0–100 per 1000

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