Blood culture versus antibiotic use for neonatal inpatients in 61 hospitals implementing with the NEST360 Alliance in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Distribution of neonatal units implementing with NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania

	Kenya		Malawi		Nigeria		Tanzania		Total
Neonatal Units^a with NEST360 (n = 65)	10		37		11		7		65
Neonatal Units^a with NEST360 (n = 65)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)	n	(%)
Hospital Types^b
District^c	1	(10)	33	(90)	0	(0)	0	(0)	34	(52)
Secondary/Regional/Zonal	9	(90)	2	(5)	6	(55)	5	(71)	22	(33)
Tertiary/National	0	(0)	2	(5)	5	(46)	2	(29)	9	(134)
Urban/Rural^d
Urban	3	(30)	30	(81)	11	(100)	7	(100)	51	(79)
Semi-urban	5	(50)	3	(8)	0	(0)	0	(0)	8	(12)
Rural	2	(20)	4	(11)	0	(0)	0	(0)	6	(9)
Median months with NEST360 (IQR)	22 (5)		22 (8)		16 (7)		18 (67)		21.5 (8)

^aSome hospitals have more than one neonatal unit, especially in Nigeria (e.g., inborn and outborn units)
^bSome variation in categorisation exists between countries
^cIncludes some faith-based hospitals (e.g., Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM) facilities)
^dDefined by Degree of Urbanisation method, World Bank [27]
Note: Hospitals began prospective data collection at different time points. The median number of months of implementation is presented in the table
Abbreviations: IQR Inter-quartile range

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