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