A systematic review of community-to-facility neonatal referral completion rates in Africa and Asia

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Table 4 Referral completion during the neonatal period

Study		Sex	Neonates referred (n)	Referral rate	Referred and completed (n)	Completion rate	Completion rate, w/o sex breakdown	Completion rate, stratified by early versus late neonatal periods
Study		Sex	Neonates referred (n)	Referral rate	Referred and completed (n)	Completion rate	Completion rate, w/o sex breakdown	Early neonatal	Late neonatal
Asia	Bangladesh 2003	No breakdown	478	16.9 %	162 to qualified provider, 204 treated at home	0.34 complied to referral, 0.43 treated at home	0.34 complied to referral, 0.43 treated at home	N/A	N/A
	Bangladesh 2004	male	488	21.2 %	285	0.58	0.54	0.49**	0.61**
	Bangladesh 2004	female	431	21.2 %	210	0.49	0.54	0.49**	0.61**
	Nepal 2002	male	7618	60.3 %	4145	0.54*	0.48	0.46***	0.51***
	Nepal 2002	female	7079	61.1 %	2894	0.41*	0.48	0.46***	0.51***
	Nepal 2005	male	350	6.9 %	322	0.92	0.90	0.90	0.91
	Nepal 2005	female	322	6.7 %	286	0.89	0.90	0.90	0.91
	Pakistan 2011	male	356	3.3 %	346	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.98
	Pakistan 2011	female	310	3.1 %	303	0.98	0.97	0.97	0.98
Africa	Ghana 2008	No breakdown	132	10.0 %	102	0.77	0.77	N/A	N/A
	South Africa 2008	male	30	6.1 %	28	0.93	0.93	N/A	N/A
	South Africa 2008	female	38	6.1 %	35	0.92	0.93	N/A	N/A
	Uganda 2009^a	No breakdown	327	Not available	243	0.74	0.74	N/A	N/A

^aThe study also referred for immunization and postnatal care, but those data were excluded
*The completion rates between male and female neonates were statistically significantly different (p < 0.05)
**The completion rates between the early neonatal period and the late neonatal period were statistically significantly different (p < 0.05)
***The completion rates between the early neonatal period and the late neonatal period were statistically significantly different (p < 0.05)

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