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Table 1 Median straight-line distance (meters) from respondent's home to health facilities, overall and in groups based on delivery place and outcome in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam.

From: Distance decay in delivery care utilisation associated with neonatal mortality. A case referent study in northern Vietnam

  

Cases

Referents

p-value*

Distance to closest health facility

Health facility delivery

1 108

881

0.06

 

Home delivery

2 574

1 819

0.13

 

All

1 437

997

<0.001

Distance to Community Health Centre

Health facility delivery

1 143

972

0.07

 

Home delivery

2 594

1 819

0.12

 

All

1 440

1060

<0.001

Distance to District Hospital

Health facility delivery

5 543

5 634

0.23

 

Home delivery

10 262

9 692

0.87

 

All

7 242

6 386

<0.01

Distance to Tertiary Hospital

Health facility delivery

52 209

37 773

<0.01

 

Home delivery

73 415

70 890

0.76

 

All

63 419

41 635

<0.001

  1. *Mann-Whitney U for comparison of groups (180 cases and 597 referents).
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