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Table 3 Multivariate analyses of facility determinants of efficiency pooled by country (A) and platform (B)

From: The potential to expand antiretroviral therapy by improving health facility efficiency: evidence from Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia

Covariate

0 beds

1–15 beds

16–50 beds

> 50 beds

β

P

95 % CI

β

P

95 % CI

β

P

95 % CI

β

P

95 % CI

Country

Uganda

            
 

Kenya

0.22

0.453

(–0.40 to 0.81)

–0.05

0.794

(–0.50 to 0.36)

–0.42

0.378

(–1.40 to 0.53)

a

a

a

 

Zambia

–0.02

0.958

(–0.80 to 0.73)

–0.28

0.287

(–0.80 to 0.24)

–1.61*

0.012

(–2.90 to –0.38)

0.53

0.692

(–2.90 to 3.98)

Facility location

Urban

            
 

Rural

–0.35

0.138

(–0.80 to 0.12)

–0.06

0.732

(–0.40 to 0.28)

–0.18

0.554

(–0.80 to 0.43)

0.25

0.416

(–0.50 to 1.03)

Facility ownership

Private

            
 

Public

0.36

0.185

(–0.20 to 0.90)

0.65*

0.004

(0.20 to 1.09)

1.98*

< 0.001

(1.00 to 2.93)

–0.79

0.092

(–1.80 to 0.20)

Facility regularly holds administrative meetings

No

            
 

Yes

0.11

0.689

(–0.50 to 0.68)

0.17

0.474

(–0.30 to 0.63)

0.00

0.996

(–1.60 to 1.59)

2.15*

0.013

(0.80 to 3.55)

Facility connection to functional electricity

No

            
 

Yes

–0.38

0.180

(–0.90 to 0.18)

–0.21

0.178

(–0.50 to 0.10)

–0.13

0.699

(–0.80 to 0.54)

0.47

0.587

(–1.70 to 2.66)

Facility holds training sessions

No

            
 

Yes

–0.56*

0.038

(–1.10 to –0.03)

–0.10

0.582

(–0.50 to 0.27)

–0.13

0.726

(–0.90 to 0.60)

0.24

0.545

(–0.80 to 1.27)

Log of facility catchment population

 

0.16*

0.015

(0.00 to 0.29)

0.25*

0.001

(0.10 to 0.39)

0.16

0.330

(–0.20 to 0.48)

–0.18

0.329

(–0.60 to 0.27)

Fraction of FTEs absent

 

0.75

0.140

(–0.30 to 1.74)

–0.29

0.363

(–0.90 to 0.34)

–0.92

0.149

(–2.20 to 0.34)

3.97

0.166

(–2.50 to 10.49)

Fraction of FTEs staffed by nurses

 

0.55

0.226

(–0.30 to 1.44)

0.10

0.802

(–0.70 to 0.87)

–0.50

0.647

(–2.70 to 1.67)

–1.91

0.279

(–6.10 to 2.32)

Fraction of FTEs staffed by doctors

 

3.21*

0.024

(0.40 to 5.98)

–3.85*

0.017

(–7.00 to –0.69)

–1.09

0.842

(–12.00 to 9.80)

–2.73

0.551

(–14.40 to 8.93)

Fraction of FTEs staffed by volunteer or externally funded personnel

 

0.03

0.912

(–0.60 to 0.62)

–0.32

0.174

(–0.80 to 0.14)

–1.11*

0.038

(–2.10 to –0.07)

–1.00

0.092

(–2.30 to 0.26)

  1. * Statistically significant
  2. aAll facilities had the same value for the given covariate
  3. CI, confidence interval; FTE, full-time equivalent