Table 1

Estimated numbers of deliveries at included hospitals and the possible change in primary outcome possible to detect at each hospital (alfa 0.05, beta 0.8).

	Wedge 1 (3 months baseline)	Deliveries 2015	Estimated number of deliveries before intervention	Estimated number of deliveries after intervention (9 months follow-up)	Change in intrapartum mortality possible to detect given baseline 20/1000
1	Western Regional Hospital	9427	2400	9400	8/1000
2	Mid-Western Regional Hospital	3139	750	2400	13/1000
3	Bardiya District Hospital	1065	250	800	N/A

	Wedge 2 (6 months baseline)
4	Bharatpur Hospital	11 318	5700	8500	7/1000
5	Seti Zonal Hospital	5767	2900	3900	9/1000
6	Nuwakot District Hospital	1438	700	1100	16/1000

	Wedge 3 (9 months baseline)
7	Koshi Zonal Hospital	8355	6300	6300	7/1000
8	Rapti Sub-Regional Hospital	3280	2500	2500	10/1000
9	Nawalparasi District Hospital	1374	1000	1000	15/1000

	Wedge 4 (12 months baseline)
10	Lumbini Zonal Hospital	9007	9000	6800	6/1000
11	Bheri Zonal Hospital	4276	4300	3200	8/1000
12	Pyuthan District Hospital	1194	1200	900	15/1000
	Total	60 571	37 000	46 800

N/A, not available.