| data collection date (year) | data_collection | time (YYYY:MM:DD) | date that the data was collected | meta-data |
| data upload date (time stamp) | upload_date | time (YYYY:MM:DD) | date that the data was uploaded | meta-data |
| data technician (person) | data_technician | text | who uploaded the data (name of person inputting the data) | meta-data |
| location (country) | country | text | which country was the data collected in | meta-data |
| facility identifier | fac id | numeric (continuous) | unique identifier for each facility | facility |
| bellwether capacity | bw_capacity | 0 = no1 = yes | capacity of a hospital to provide ‘bellwether procedures’, including the continuous availability of surgery, anaesthesia, and obstetrics providers and the ability to perform C-section, management of open long bone fractures, and exploratory laparotomy | facility |
| facility location | fac_loc | GIS coordinates | exact location of healthcare facility as defined by longitude and latitude | facility |
| population centers identifiers | pop_identifiers | GIS coordinates | exact location of population centers as defined by longitude and latitude of areas 1x1 km in size | population |
| population centers resolution | pop_res | numeric (continuous) | how many people are located per square kilometer (1x1 km resolution) | population |
| population centers travel time | travel_time | numeric (continuous) | travel time in minutes between unique population centers and healthcare facilities | population |
| volume of specialist physicians in surgery | vol_spphys_ surg | numeric (continuous) | number of nationally certified specialist physicians in surgery | population |
| volume of specialist physicians in anesthesia | vol_spphys_ anesth | numeric (continuous) | number of nationally certified specialist physicians in anesthesia | population |
| volume of specialist physicians in obstetrics | vol_spphycian_ obst | numeric (continuous) | number of nationally certified specialist physicians in obstetrics | population |
| volume of other providers in surgery | vol_othersurg | numeric (continuous) | number of nationally certified other practitioners in surgery who are not specialists and/or not physicians | population |
| volume of other providers in anesthesia | vol_otheranesth | numeric (continuous) | number of nationally certified other practitioners in anesthesia who are not specialists and/or not physicians | population |
| volume of other providers in obstetrics | vol_otherobst | numeric (continuous) | number of nationally certified other practitioners in obstetrics who are not specialists and/or not physicians | population |
| population census | pop_census | numeric (continuous) | number of people located in a defined geographic catchment area | population |
| number of operations | no_operations | numeric (continuous) | total number of operations performed | population |
| perioperative deaths, inpatient | periop_dths_ inpt | numeric (continuous) | number of deaths during or after surgery prior to discharge, up to 30 days | population |
| direct out of pocket expenditure C-section | oopexp_csxn | numeric (continuous) | value in local currency of out-of-pocket expenditure for health care episode including C-section | population |
| household expenditure | house_exp | numeric (continuous) | value in local currency of national estimate of total annual household expenditure | population |
