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Table 2 Committee members' perspective: ways that facility health committee can contribute to improving quality of services in health facilities (%)

From: Overcoming barriers to access and utilization of maternal, newborn and child health services in northern Nigeria: an evaluation of facility health committees

n=399

Facility health committees in general

Experience of respondent’s own committee in past year

Enable community mobilization

72.9

70.9

Increasing health provider availability

60.9

54.1

Improve health provider attitude

60.2

59.4

Help providers do a better job

57.1

57.6

Increase access of community members to services

49.4

49.9

Facilitate renovation of the facility

49.4

43.4

Improve availability of equipment

46.9

40.9

Expand range of services provided

40.1

38.8

Reduce stock outs of medicines or commodities

36.3

35.6

Increase days or hours of operation

33.3

30.6

Facilitate outreach services

33.1

30.3

Facilitate home services by health workers

29.3

28.1