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Table 2 Determinants of receiving a PBF bonus and of the amount received

From: Performance-based financing in the context of the complex remuneration of health workers: findings from a mixed-method study in rural Sierra Leone

 

(1)

(2)

 

Did receive PBF bonus (1 = yes)

Amount of PBF bonus

Health Worker characteristics

  

 Male

0.456 (0.457)

0.253 (0.169)

 Age

−0.341 (0.307)

-

 In-charge

1.342 (0.386)***

0.343 (0.154)**

Cadre (omitted category : MCH Aide)

  

 Community Health Officers

−0.884 (0.701)

0.105 (0.277)

 Community Health Assistants + nurses

−1.057 (0.442)**

0.052 (0.181)

Facility characteristics

  

Type of facility (omitted category: Maternal and Child Health Post)

 Community Health Centre

0.735 (0.506)

0.026 (0.209)

 Community Health Post

0.920 (0.415)**

−0.122 (0.158)

Urban

0.189 (0.358)

0.101 (0.138)

District (omitted category: Moyamba)

  

 Bo

−0.199 (0.328)

 

 Kenema

0.677 (0.351)*

 

Constant

−0.609 (0.457)

11.293 (0.219)***

Obs

266

163

Log-likelihood

−163.335

-

Proportion of correct answers predicted

65.8 %

 
  1. Note: Standard errors in parenthesis. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1
  2. Model (1) is a normal logistic regression as the multi-level model with regional fixed effects was not statistically superior, Model (2) is a multi-level linear regression with district fixed effects, which is statistically superior to a standard mode