Health facility and patient characteristics at baseline
| Boane (T) Urban n (%)/mean (SD) | Malhangalene (T) Urban n (%)/mean (SD) | Quissico (T) Rural n (%)/mean (SD) | Machava II (C) Urban n (%)/mean (SD) | |
| Facility characteristics* | ||||
| Mean ANC nurses† | 2.4 (1.0) | 1.6 (0.5) | 1.9 (0.4) | 2.6 (0.9) |
| Mean ANC auxiliary nurses | 2.2 (0.6) | 1.2 (0.4) | 4.1 (0.9) | 2.3 (0.5) |
| Number of ANC visits per day | 25.4 (7.9) | 21.2 (8.7) | 22.9 (12.9) | 40.0 (19.0) |
| n | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 |
| Patient characteristics‡ | ||||
| Mean age | 23.4 (5.0) | 24.5 (5.5) | 26.6 (5.5) | 23.5 (4.1) |
| Mean travel time to facility (min) | 47.8 (29.9) | 33.6 (35.7) | 70.5 (39.8) | 36.2 (23.2) |
| Mean household size | 5.2 (2.6) | 6.0 (3.0) | 5.1 (2.8) | 4.7 (2.2) |
| Per cent married | 26 (90) | 21 (75) | 26 (81) | 22 (73) |
| Per cent worked for money | 8 (28) | 8 (29) | 17 (53) | 7 (23) |
| Per cent responsible for child care§ | 16 (55) | 13 (46) | 23 (72) | 11 (37) |
| n | 29 | 28 | 32 | 30 |
| Study outcomes at baseline | ||||
| Mean waiting time | 281.6 (126.3) | 178.8 (87.1) | 128.2 (86.7) | 175.6 (93.0) |
| n¶ | 505 | 377 | 433 | 432 |
| Per cent with ≥4 ANC visits | 490 (52) | 236 (39) | 528 (58) | 1380 (70) |
| n** | 941 | 605 | 911 | 1976 |
*Staff and ANC visit numbers collected during round 1 of waiting time data collection.
†Included both nurses employed by the Ministry of Health who are permanently based at the health facility and temporary staff employed by non-governmental organisations.
‡Data from women ≥18 years old between 16 and 22 weeks pregnant surveyed during round 1 of ANC exit interviews.
§Survey question included both the respondent’s own children and other children.
¶Round 1 of waiting time data among women who received antenatal care in September/October 2016 in Malhangalene and in October/November 2016 in Boane, Machava II and Quissico.
**Administrative data from facility records documenting the number of antenatal care visits obtained during pregnancy among women who came for their first antenatal care visit between 1 April and 31 October 2016.
ANC, antenatal care.