Table 4 Interaction between unit increase in test attributes and participants characteristics among rational responders (n = 477)
Characteristics | Test attributes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cost utility per US$1 increase | Sensitivity utility per 1% increase | Specificity utility per 1% increase | Time utility from 20 to 60 min | ||
Age group (years) | |||||
< 30 | Ref | -0.039 | 0.153 | 0.077 | 0.030 |
30–50 | -0.069*** | 0.115*** | 0.056 | -0.056 | |
> 50 | -0.090*** | 0.075*** | 0.045* | 0.057 | |
Profession | |||||
Doctor | Ref | -0.067 | 0.129 | 0.053 | -0.011 |
Nurse | -0.046 | 0.074** | 0.070 | 0.287 | |
Midwife | -0.043* | 0.099 | 0.103** | -0.505*** | |
Lab staff | -0.066 | 0.104 | 0.044 | -0.079 | |
Public health practitioner | -0.101*** | 0.070*** | 0.065 | -0.074 | |
Other | -0.067 | 0.084*** | 0.072 | 0.129 | |
Sector | |||||
Public/National Hospital | Ref | -0.061 | 0.145 | 0.050 | 0.002 |
Public/Primary Care | -0.055 | 0.086*** | 0.103** | -0.322** | |
Public/District Hospital | -0.051 | 0.113* | 0.088** | -0.159 | |
Public/Provincial Hospital | -0.075 | 0.120 | 0.038 | 0.061 | |
Private | -0.054 | 0.137 | 0.054 | -0.045 | |
Public health sector | -0.081** | 0.086*** | 0.054 | 0.042 | |
Other | -0.094*** | 0.072*** | 0.054 | 0.002 | |
Region (Africa) | |||||
North | Ref | -0.042 | 0.192 | 0.052 | 0.035 |
Central | -0.064 | 0.104*** | 0.053 | -0.087 | |
East | -0.081*** | 0.073*** | 0.061 | 0.032 | |
South | -0.063 | 0.111*** | 0.080 | -0.007 | |
West | -0.069** | 0.116*** | 0.055 | -0.040 | |