Predictors of health worker performance after Integrated Management of Childhood Illness training in Benin: a cohort study

Table 2 Health facility and health worker characteristics

Variable	Mean (%)
	N=8,277 consultations
Health facility level
Large (vs. small) facility (district-level referral center vs. clinic)	33.3
Health worker level
Health worker age in years , mean (range)	35.8 (25, 53)
Female health worker	73.5
10+ consultations on day of child's visit^a	6.5
Previous malaria training^b	20.5
# supervision visits in previous 6 months, mean (range)^†	1.6 (0, 8)
1+ other IMCI-trained health worker at facility^†	50.6

Note: for consultations with at least one potentially life-threatening illness
^aConsultations of patients 2–59 months
^bPrior to IMCI training, which all health workers received. Previous diarrhea training (25.6 %) instead of previous malaria treatment was modeled for diarrhea treatment outcome
^†Values may vary over time for the same health worker

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