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Table 3 Readiness index scores specific to services for diabetes and domain scores by facility type

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

Services for diabetes

Public facilities

n = 870

Private facilities

n = 70

Total

n = 940

Diagnosis and treatment facilities

15.1

95.2

21.1

Guidelines for diagnosis and treatmenta

4.8

2.5

4.1

Mean guidelines domain index

4.8

2.5

4.1

 Trained staffa

1.5

2.5

1.9

Mean staff domain index

1.5

2.5

1.9

Equipmenta

 Blood pressure

93.5

95.7

94.2

 Adult weighing scale

84.8

93.5

87.7

 Height board/stadiometer

26.7

35.9

29.8

Mean equipment domain index (±SD)

37.9 (22.3)

71.4 (27.5)

40.4 (24.4)

Diagnostic capacitya

 Blood glucose

5.5

24.7

11.9

 Urine protein

39.7

82.2

53.9

 Urine glucose

40.2

85.1

55.3

Mean diagnostics domain index (±SD)

4.7 (17.6)

63.1 (30.5)

9.0 (24.3)

Medicinesa

 Metformin

16.5

69.5

34.3

 Glibenclamide

6.4

30.1

14.3

 Injectable insulin

4.3

50.8

19.9

 Injectable glucose solution

46.7

69.9

54.5

Mean medicines domain index (±SD)

7.7 (13.7)

54.4 (38.0)

11.1 (20.7)

Readiness index specific to services for diabetes (Median (Q1, Q3))

26.4 (16.7, 30.6)

34.7 (26.4, 40.3)

26.4 (20.8, 33.3)

  1. aThis analysis is limited to a sub-sample of Public facilities (n = 132), Private facilities (n = 66) and all combined (n = 198)