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Table 2 Performance indicators of TFCs of Debre Berhan Referral, Enat General and Mehal-Meda Primary Hospitals as compared to SPHERE project reference values, 2013–2015

From: Co-morbidity, treatment outcomes and factors affecting the recovery rate of under -five children with severe acute malnutrition admitted in selected hospitals from Ethiopia: retrospective follow up study

Performance indicators

Performance by Health facilities

Overall performance

The SPHERE project reference values

Debre Berhan RH

Enat General hospital

Mehal Meda General hospital

Acceptable

Alarming

Recovery rate

51.7%

58%

79.2%

55.9%

> 75%

< 50%

Death rate

6.4%

4.3%

4.2%

5.8%

< 10%

> 15%

Defaulter rate

19.6%

10.1%

4.2%

16.3%

< 15%

> 25%

Mean weight gain

14.5

22.2

16.3

15.6

≥8 g/kg/day

< 8 g/kg/day

Mean length of stay

13.8

13.3

10.6

13.2

< 28 days

> 42 days