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Table 2 Sample characteristics

From: Decentralized facility financing versus performance-based payments in primary health care: a large-scale randomized controlled trial in Nigeria

Characteristic

PBF

DFF

Control

Number of districts

23

25

25

Baseline

 Number of health facilities implementing the approach

709

680

NA

 Number of health facilities surveyed

269

302

215

 Number of providers interviewed

804

827

619

 Number of ANC patients observed and interviewed

727

784

445

 Number of under-five curative care patients observed and interviewed

735

670

373

 Number of households surveyed

2538

2748

2804

Endline

 Number of health facilities surveyed

269

302

215

 Number of providers interviewed

981

855

521

 Number of ANC patients observed and interviewed

874

1077

594

 Number of under-five curative care patients observed and interviewed

928

1138

509

 Number of households surveyed

2514

2677

2816

 Number of patients observed

   
  1. Description of the study sample: numbers of districts, health facilities, providers, ANC and curative care patients, and households surveyed, and patients observed through direct clinical observation