Characteristics of health facilities (n=531) included in the choice set
| Facility type | Facilities of each type | Deliveries at each type | Basic obstetric care score | Facilities with fees | ||||
| n | % | n | % | Median | IQR | n | % | |
| Central hospital | 4 | 0.8 | 177 | 2.7 | 0.86 | (0.78–0.94) | 0 | 0.0 |
| District hospital | 24 | 4.5 | 1604 | 24.2 | 0.76 | (0.67–0.81) | 1 | 4.2 |
| Rural/community hospital | 41 | 7.7 | 567 | 8.6 | 0.72 | (0.61–0.80) | 15 | 36.6 |
| Other hospital | 28 | 5.3 | 258 | 3.9 | 0.68 | (0.65–0.80) | 22 | 78.6 |
| Clinic | 17 | 3.2 | 38 | 0.6 | 0.55 | (0.46–0.66) | 13 | 76.5 |
| Health centre | 413 | 77.8 | 3952 | 59.7 | 0.55 | (0.43–0.66) | 86 | 20.8 |
| Maternity | 4 | 0.8 | 29 | 0.4 | 0.45 | (0.33–0.58) | 2 | 50.0 |
| 531 | 6625 | 139 | 26.2 | |||||
Note that ‘Other hospital’ consists of private hospitals, Christian Health Association of Malawi or mission hospitals and some government hospitals.