Table 4 Multivariate analyses of facility determinants of efficiency pooled by country (A) and platform (B)

Platform

0 beds

1–15 beds

0.51*

0.050

(0.00 to 1.01)

0.63*

< 0.001

(0.30 to 0.93)

0.63*

0.026

(0.10 to 1.19)

16–50 beds

0.04

0.914

(–0.70 to 0.75)

0.43*

0.025

(0.10 to 0.80)

0.22

0.468

(–0.40 to 0.83)

> 50 beds

^a

^a

^a

1.50*

< 0.001

(0.70 to 2.29)

1.02*

0.048

(0.00 to 2.03)

Facility location

Urban

Rural

0.01

0.961

(–0.50 to 0.51)

0.03

0.864

(–0.30 to 0.34)

–0.04

0.861

(–0.60 to 0.46)

Facility ownership

Private

Public

0.41

0.212

(–0.20 to 1.05)

0.78*

0.002

(0.30 to 1.26)

0.57

0.056

(–0.01 to 1.16)

Facility regularly holds administrative meetings

No

Yes

0.17

0.570

(–0.40 to 0.77)

0.14

0.586

(–0.40 to 0.67)

0.43

0.304

(–0.40 to 1.27)

Facility connection to functional electricity

No

Yes

–0.17

0.640

(–0.90 to 0.56)

–0.18

0.219

(–0.50 to 0.11)

–0.33

0.138

(–0.80 to 0.11)

Facility holds training sessions

No

Yes

–0.46

0.172

(–1.10 to 0.20)

–0.17

0.189

(–0.40 to 0.08)

0.70

0.094

(–0.10 to 1.53)

Log of facility catchment population

0.16

0.103

(– 0.01 to 0.35)

0.22

< 0.001

(0.10 to 0.32)

0.20

0.103

(–0.02 to 0.45)

Fraction of FTEs absent

–0.94

0.105

(–2.10 to 0.20)

–0.18

0.477

(–0.70 to 0.32)

0.59

0.410

(–0.80 to 2.00)

Fraction of FTEs staffed by nurses

–0.39

0.597

(–1.80 to 1.06)

–0.03*

0.937

(–0.70 to 0.68)

0.24

0.672

(–0.90 to 1.35)

Fraction of FTEs staffed by doctors

–0.83

0.816

(–7.90 to 6.26)

3.40*

0.003

(1.20 to 5.60)

–3.92

0.068

(–8.10 to 0.29)

Fraction of FTEs staffed by volunteer or externally funded personnel

0.40

0.354

(–0.50 to 1.27)

–0.28

0.322

(–0.80 to 0.28)

–0.60*

0.047

(–1.20 to –0.01)