Percent of facility pairs using transportation and communication characteristics, overall, by facility pair type and by EmONC pair type
| Number of pairs | % of total facility pairs (%) | Transportation pair type (%)* | Communication capacity (%)† | ||||||
| Ambulance at facility | Ambulance comes from DHO/local council | Private vehicle arrangement | Self-transport | Low communication | Moderate communication | High communication | |||
| Overall | 166 | 100.0 | 3.6 | 57.8 | 2.4 | 36.1 | 3.0 | 85.5 | 11.4 |
| By facility pair type (sending/receiving) | |||||||||
| Dispensary/ health centre | 122 | 73.5 | 0.0 | 60.7 | 2.5 | 36.9 | 3.3 | 92.6 | 4.1 |
| Health centre/ health centre | 6 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 33.3 |
| Dispensary/hospital | 23 | 13.9 | 0.0 | 43.5 | 4.3 | 52.2 | 4.3 | 87.0 | 8.7 |
| Health centre/hospital | 10 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 80.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 30.0 | 70.0 |
| Hospital/hospital | 5 | 3.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 |
| By EmONC pair type (sending/receiving) | |||||||||
| Non-EmONC/ Non-EmONC | 91 | 54.8 | 0.0 | 65.9 | 3.3 | 30.8 | 3.3 | 95.6 | 1.1 |
| Non-EmONC/BEmONC | 17 | 10.2 | 0.0 | 70.6 | 0.0 | 29.4 | 5.9 | 82.4 | 11.8 |
| Non-EmONC/CEmONC | 51 | 30.7 | 2.0 | 43.1 | 2.0 | 52.9 | 2.0 | 76.5 | 21.6 |
| BEmONC/CEmONC | 2 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 |
| CEmONC/CEmONC | 5 | 3.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 40.0 | 60.0 |
*‘Transportation pair type’ pertains to the type of transportation used to transport patients in the specific referral pair, based on the sending facility’s transportation capabilities. Transportation capabilities can either be ‘ambulance at facility’, ‘ambulance comes from district health office (DHO)/local council’, ‘private vehicle arrangement’ or ‘self-transport’ (Appendix 2).
†‘Communication capability’ pertains to the mode of communications available at the sending facility. High communication capability means that the sending facility having both a mobile phone and a landline (phone/radio receiver). Moderate communication capability means that the sending facility having either a mobile phone or a landline. Low communication capability means that sending facility has neither a mobile phone nor a landline immediately available.
BEmONC, basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care; CEmONC, comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care; DHO, district health office; EmONC, emergency obstetric and neonatal care; Non-EmONC, non-emergency obstetric and neonatal care.