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Open Access 01-12-2016 | Erratum

Erratum to: The dominance of the private sector in the provision of emergency obstetric care: studies from Gujarat, India

Authors: Mariano Salazar, Kranti Vora, Ayesha De Costa

Published in: BMC Health Services Research | Issue 1/2016

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Following the publication of this article [1] it was brought to our attention that two values in Table 4 were incorrect:
Table 4
Staff and facilities per district compared against WHR 2005 benchmarksa
Indicator
Districts and number of births per year
Sabarkantha (births: 67,965)
Dahod (births: 64,222)
Surendranaga (births: 67,965)
Number of facilities or staff
Number of facilities or staff
Number of facilities or staff
Current
WHR 2005
Deficit
Current
WHR 2005
Deficit
Current
WHR 2005
Deficit
CEmOC
15
19
4
5
18
13
3
11
8
BEmOC
1
38
37
0
36
36
2
22
20
Less–than-BEmOC + C-sections
41
n.a
n.a
12
n.a
n.a
19
n.a
n.a
Midwives (nurses)b
103
378
275
98
357
259
51
224
173
Doctors (all)
126
57
0
55
54
1
59
34
0
aWHR 2005 benchmarks recommend the following: a. 20 midwifes and three part-time doctors per 3600 births and b. one CEmOC facility and one to two BEmOC per 3600 births. bIncludes nurses and auxiliary nurses. Assuming all births delivered by this cadre
1.
In the Sabarkantha district, under the Deficit column, number 73 should read 37.
 
2.
In the Dahod district, under the Deficit column, number 12 should read 13.
 
Metadata
Title
Erratum to: The dominance of the private sector in the provision of emergency obstetric care: studies from Gujarat, India
Authors
Mariano Salazar
Kranti Vora
Ayesha De Costa
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Health Services Research / Issue 1/2016
Electronic ISSN: 1472-6963
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1559-3

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