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Table 2 Changes in the number of Bellwether surgeries in the DRC associated with additional perioperative services based on univariate linear regression modelling.

From: Essential surgery delivery in the Northern Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Perioperative service

Change in number of cases

95% confidence interval

p-value

Additional SAO provider

239

36–441

0.023

Additional perioperative provider

110

55–165

< 0.001

Additional operating room

157

-15–330

0.071

Additional surgical bed

7.3

4.8–9.9

< 0.001

Medications*

234

-796–1263

0.645

Laboratory & blood bank*

1167

559–1745

< 0.001

Diagnostic imaging*

824

396–1252

0.001

Anaesthesia equipment*

1174

320–2029

0.009

Surgical equipment*

3487

1235–5739

0.004

  1. *From 0 to 100% availability