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Table 2 Percentage of scheduled services delivered to clients in 0–3 age care plan group

From: Preventive medical care in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory: a follow-up study of the impact of clinical guidelines, computerised recall and reminder systems, and audit and feedback

Services*

Baseline

6 months

1 year

2 years

3 years

OR§ (95%CI)

P value for trend

Basic measures

       

   Weight

92% (51)

92% (51)

94% (47)

91% (32)

87% (54)

0.82 (0.55–1.24)

0.348

   Height/Length

39% (49)

51% (45)

65% (40)

61% (23)

70% (54)

1.47 (1.15–1.89)

0.002

   Head circumference

41% (17)

38% (13)

50% (4)

- (0)

68% (19)

1.51 (0.95–2.40)

0.078

   Haemoglobin

53% (49)

53% (51)

77% (47)

66% (32)

80% (50)

1.48 (1.12–1.96)

0.006

   Hearing test

17% (46)

15% (39)

44% (32)

36% (11)

51% (49)

1.77 (1.31–2.39)

0.001

Clinical examination

       

   Vision test

15% (46)

9% (34)

28% (32)

36% (11)

53% (49)

1.99 (1.47–2.68)

0.001

   Hips/gait examination

11% (45)

15% (34)

35% (31)

30% (10)

52% (48)

2.02 (1.48–2.77)

0.001

   Heart auscultation

17% (24)

10% (21)

29% (14)

14% (7)

24% (21)

1.35 (0.81–2.26)

0.246

   Testes examination

14% (7)

0% (5)

0% (2)

0% (1)

60% (5)

2.71 (0.98–7.49)

0.054

   Ear examination

54% (46)

61% (38)

76% (34)

58% (12)

76% (49)

1.32 (0.99–1.76)

0.062

   Doctor examination

42% (33)

36% (28)

59% (17)

n/a

41% (27)

1.10 (0.76–1.58)

0.619

Vaccination

       

   Immunisation up-to-date

88% (32)

79% (24)

85% (20)

100% (5)

80% (54)

0.87 (0.59–1.28)

0.474

   Deworming

57% (49)

65% (51)

72% (47)

73% (33)

80% (50)

1.40 (1.05–1.86)

0.023

  1. * Denominators in brackets are the number of most recent scheduled services (within the preceding 12 months of each audit) according to guidelines, which varied at each audit depending on the age of the child and the scheduled frequency of the service. §Odds ratio (OR) represents the average changing of probability for the delivery of each service with the increase of one unit of time (1 year), adjusted for the recent attendance at health centres using two-level logistic random-effects model.