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Table 3 Base and Alternative Composite Scores by Facility

From: Quality of maternal obstetric and neonatal care in low-income countries: development of a composite index

Facility

Base Case

A. Min-max Normalization (indicators)

B. Geometric Aggregation (indicators)

C. Z-score Standardization (cells)

D. Geometric Aggregation (cells)

Scale Range

0–12

0–12

0–12

not applicable

0–1

A

11.07

9.81

2.37

11.20

0.33

B

10.67

9.59

2.13

7.97

0.22

C

10.50

9.36

1.92

8.27

0.13

D

10.03

8.89

1.92

8.27

0.13

E

9.88

8.96

2.00

5.13

0.07

F

9.83

8.75

1.79

5.39

0.06

G

9.68

9.43

1.46

4.49

0.05

H

9.37

8.28

1.79

4.10

0.02

I

9.36

8.15

1.13

2.90

0.04

J

9.21

8.74

1.29

3.75

0.02

K

9.14

7.55

1.67

1.50

0.02

L

8.99

8.43

1.00

1.99

0.02

M

8.84

7.51

1.17

1.64

0.01

N

8.50

7.50

0.79

−2.35

0.01

O

8.48

7.51

1.17

−1.46

0.01

P

8.28

7.83

1.29

−1.72

0.00

Q

8.24

7.37

1.13

−2.77

0.01

R

8.12

7.52

1.00

−2.43

0.00

S

8.10

7.63

1.00

−2.76

0.00

T

7.85

7.16

1.50

−3.80

0.00

U

7.52

7.37

0.70

−4.79

0.00

V

7.44

6.79

1.00

−5.77

0.00

W

7.39

7.39

0.50

−7.96

0.00

X

7.16

6.68

1.00

−9.16

0.00

Y

7.11

6.70

1.00

−8.40

0.00

Z

6.45

5.67

0.50

−9.99

0.00