Impact on disease specific mortality for each level of neonatal care implemented
No intervention | Level I care | Level 2 care | P value | ||
Deaths/admissions (%) | Deaths/admissions (%) | Deaths/admissions (%) | Pre v. level 1 | Level 1 v. level 2 | |
Preterm | 24/37 (64.9) | 51/119 (42.9) | 130/467 (27.8) | 0.002 | 0.027 |
Sepsis | 56/136 (41.2) | 125/370 (33.8) | 76/904 (8.4) | 0.307 | <0.001 |
HIE | 12/27 (44.4) | 49/73 (67.1) | 126/351 (35.9) | 0.001 | <0.001 |
Pre v. level 1=preintervention versus level 1; level 1 v. level 2=level 1 versus level 2.
HIE, hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy.