Table 6

Spearman's rank correlation analysis between the rankings of available qualified BemOC staff, met need and percent deliveries in EmOC facilities (as measures of utilization) and number of qualified BemOC and CemOC facilities (as measures of quality) in the districts

BEmOC qualified personnel per 500 000

Met need

Correlation coefficient

.943(**)

Sig. (2-tailed)

.005

Percent deliveries in EmOC facilities

Correlation coefficient

.829(*)

Sig. (2-tailed)

.042

BEmOC facilities per 500 000

Correlation coefficient

.314

Sig. (2-tailed)

.544

CEmOC facilities per 500 000

Correlation coefficient

.886(*)

Sig. (2-tailed)

.019

* Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level. ** Correlation is significant at the 0.001 level.

Olsen et al. Human Resources for Health 2005 3:5   doi:10.1186/1478-4491-3-5