Determinants of perceived quality of obstetric care in rural Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Table 2 Results of multilevel linear regression of associations between perceived quality and patient and facility-level characteristics, Tanzania, 2012

	OLS coefficient (95% CI)
Fixed effects: individual-level variables (n = 761)
Maternal factors
Age	0.01 (-0.02, 0.05)
Any secondary education	-1.44 (-2.38, -0.51)**
Household wealth: richest 20%	-0.23 (-0.90, 0.44)
Listens to the radio daily	-0.99 (-1.52, -0.47)***
Past maternal health experiences
Number of ANC services received^a	0.46 (0.18, 0.74)**
Had at least one newborn who died	0.87 (-0.28, 2.02)
Current care experience
Processes
Number of delivery services received^b	0.55 (0.27, 0.83)***
Experienced disrespect or abuse	-4.13 (-5.02, -3.24)***
Outcomes
Borrowed money or sold assets to pay for services	-0.24 (-1.02, 0.53)
Fixed effects: health facility-level variables (n = 24)
Inputs/infrastructure
Index of equipment, supplies, and drugs available^c	-0.10 (-0.50, 0.30)
Facility average health worker confidence on 35 maternal, newborn, and HIV skills	-0.03 (-0.05, -0.01)**
Processes
Number of emergency obstetric services provided in past 3 months (max. 7)^d	-0.07 (-0.36, 0.22)
Number of postnatal services routinely provided (max. 11)^e	0.48 (0.15, 0.81)**
Random effects (variance partitioned)
Individual-level plus random	100
Health facility-level	0

*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.
^aStandardized index of 9 ANC services: diagnostics, treatment, and counseling.
^bStandardized index of 9 delivery and postnatal counseling services.
^cStandardized index of facility availability of 29 equipment, drugs, and supplies essential for maternal and neonatal care.
^dStandardized index of 7 basic emergency obstetric and newborn (BEmONC) services performed in past 3 months.
^eStandardized index of 11 postnatal exam and services that the facility routinely provides for the mother and newborn.

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