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Table 5 Estimated effects of PBF on reported illness, facility care-seeking, and treatment received among children under 5 years of age by poverty, from 2005 to 2008: most poor compared to the least poor (referent group)

From: The effect of performance-based financing on illness, care-seeking and treatment among children: an impact evaluation in Rwanda

 

Diarrhea, Fever and/or ARI

Diarrhea and/or Fever

 

N

Interaction coeffa

(SE)b

N

Interaction coeffa

(SE)b

Reported illnessc

4501

0.056

(0.071)

4501

0.061

(0.070)

Facility care-seekingd

1606

0.109

(0.073)

1355

0.113

(0.094)

Treatment receivedd

--

--

--

399

0.446*

(0.210)

  1. *p < 0.05
  2. aCoefficient for the poverty interaction term (β7 in Equation 3)
  3. bRobust standard errors in parentheses
  4. cLPM with fixed effects, covariates include: child’s age, birth order, gender, and facility birth; mother’s age, education, marital status; household wealth, toilet facilities, drinking water source, and bednet use
  5. dLPM with fixed effects, covariates include: child’s age, birth order, gender, and facility birth; mother’s age, education, marital status; household wealth, insurance status, and previous child death