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Table 1 Status of general service readiness indicators of the health facilities

From: Health system’s readiness to provide cardiovascular, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease related services in Nepal: analysis using 2015 health facility survey

General readiness

Public facilities

n = 870

Private facilities

n = 70

Total

n = 940

Basic amenities

 Power

44.3

99.4

48.4

 Water source

80.0

89.4

80.7

 Room with privacy

76.7

95.7

78.1

 Adequate sanitation facilities

80.0

98.4

81.4

 Communication equipment

12.1

98.4

18.5

 Access to computer with internet

4.2

78.7

9.7

 Emergency transportation (ambulance)

56.4

94.5

59.2

Mean domain score of basic amenities (±SD)

50.5 (18.6)

93.5 (9.6)

53.7 (21.3)

Basic equipment

 Blood pressure apparatus

94.0

95.6

94.1

 Stethoscope

97.9

96.7

97.8

 Adult scale

88.2

94.1

88.6

 Child scale

40.3

25.6

39.2

 Thermometer

92.8

96.4

93.0

 Light source

47.6

88.8

50.7

Mean domain score of basic equipment (±SD)

76.8 (17.5)

82.9 (18.3)

77.2 (17.6)

Standard precautions for infection prevention

 Safe final disposal of sharps

84.0

85.4

84.2

 Safe final disposal of infectious wastes

81.5

74.6

81.0

 Appropriate storage of sharps waste

81.1

34.0

77.6

 Appropriate storage of infectious waste

4.8

4.7

4.8

 Disinfectant

62.4

63.1

62.5

 Single-use, standard disposable or auto-disable syringes

84.2

60.1

82.4

 Soap and running water or alcohol-based hand rub

55.8

73.9

57.1

 Disposable latex gloves

79.6

83.0

79.9

 Guidelines on standard precautions

3.3

5.3

3.5

Mean domain score of standard precautions for infection prevention (±SD)

59.6 (18.8)

53.8 (21.9)

59.2 (19.1)

Diagnostic capacity

 Blood glucose test

3.7

58.0

7.7

 Hemoglobin test

9.3

93.3

15.5

 HIV diagnostic capacity

8.9

87.1

14.7

 Malaria diagnostic capacity

18.6

95.3

24.3

 Syphilis RDT

5.6

78.1

11.0

 Urine test for pregnancy

25.4

90.0

30.2

 Urine dipstick- protein

9.8

90.5

15.8

 Urine dipstick- glucose

7.7

91.8

14.0

Mean domain score of diagnostic capacity (±SD)

11.1 (22.9)

85.5 (21.5)

16.6 (30.0)

Essential medicines

 Amitriptyline tablet

4.7

58.3

9.8

 Amlodipine tablet or alternative calcium channel blocker

5.1

68.3

11.2

 Amoxicillin syrup/suspension or dispersible tablet

21.6

57.4

24.2

 Amoxicillin tablet

89.6

71.4

88.3

 Ampicillin powder for injection

4.0

36.7

6.4

 Beclometasone inhaler

3.2

33.0

6.0

 Ceftriaxone injection

18.0

43.6

19.9

 Enalapril tablet or alternative ACE inhibitor e.g. lisinopril, ramipril, perindopril

13.9

57.0

18.0

 Fluoxetine tablet

NA

NA

NA

 Gentamicin injection

63.5

64.4

63.6

 Glibenclamide tablet

1.4

30.3

4.2

 Ibuprofen tablet

18.0

74.3

22.2

 Insulin regular injection

4.3

50.8

19.9

 Metformin tablet

2.6

67.8

7.5

 Omeprazole tablet or alternative such as pantoprazole, rabeprazole

46.2

72.8

48.2

 Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS)

93.3

77.8

92.2

 Paracetamol tab/injection

99.4

73.3

97.4

 Salbutamol tab or inhaler

78.2

68.0

77.4

 Simvastatin tablet or other statin e.g. atorvastatin, pravastatin, fluvastatin

0.6

19.5

2.4

 Zinc sulphate tab

98.1

61.3

95.4

Mean domain score of items of essential medicine (±SD)

31.4 (10.6)

56.0 (35.7)

33.3 (15.5)

General services readiness (Median (Q1, Q3))

50.3 (42.4, 63.3)

75.2 (65.8, 84.3)

53.8 (43.7, 69.4)

  1. Fluoxetine tablet was not available in the dataset
  2. Ibuprofen tablet was not available in the NHFS dataset, Diclofenac was used instead
  3. Enalapril tablet or alternative ACE inhibitor e.g. lisinopril, ramipril, perindopril was not available in the NHFS dataset, Atenolol was used instead