Shortage and inequalities in the distribution of specialists across community health centres in Uttar Pradesh, 2002–2012

Table 7 Results of negative binomial regression, 2012–13 (n = 920)

Independent variables	Categories	Number of CHCs	%	Unadjusted		Adjusted
Independent variables	Categories	Number of CHCs	%	IRR	95% CI	IRR	95% CI
Number of workers	30 + ^@	471	5.3
	< 10	347	45.8	0.351***	0.225, 0.548	0.570***	0.403, 0.806
	11--20	53	41.2	0.752	0.484, 1.168	0.872	0.625, 1.218
	20–30	49	7.6	0.506**	0.274, 0.934	0.629	0.385, 1.029
Number of residences	None^@	493	53.6
	One	125	13.6	4.634***	3.477, 6.177	3.864***	2.934, 5.088
	Two	89	9.7	6.158***	4.531, 8.37	4.755***	3.543, 6.383
	Three	78	8.5	8.574***	6.262, 11.738	6.206***	4.592, 8.387
	Four	135	14.7	4.404***	3.293, 5.891	3.585***	2.703, 4.754
Source of water	Tap^@	196	21.3
	Others	707	76.9	0.787	0.603, 1.026	1.105	0.895, 1.365
	None	17	1.9	0.272**	0.084, 0.879	0.639	0.221, 1.846
Electricity connection	Yes^@	780	84.8
Electricity connection	No	140	15.2	0.443***	0.307, 0.639	0.719*	0.516, 1.001
FRU	Yes^@	170	18.5
FRU	No	750	81.5	0.304***	0.242, 0.382	0.518***	0.428, 0.627
Location	Urban^@	140	15.2
Location	Rural	780	84.8	0.514***	0.389, 0.68	0.695***	0.560, 0.863
Distance to DH	<=5 kms^@	26	2.8
	6--10 kms	37	4.0	0.366**	0.146, 0.917	0.473*	0.224, 1.002
	11--30 kms	451	49.0	0.748	0.397, 1.409	0.571**	0.352, 0.927
	31--50 kms	284	30.9	0.791	0.414, 1.511	0.574**	0.350, 0.941
	51+ kms	122	13.3	0.739	0.371, 1.471	0.705	0.413, 1.201

Alpha = .4887607
LR test of alpha = 0: chibar2(01) = 48.83
Prob > = chibar2 = 0.000
Note: IRR Incidence rate ratio, FRU First Referral Unit, DH District Headquarter, CI Confidence Interval. @ = Reference Category, Level of significance: * indicates p < 0.10, ** indicates p < 0.05, *** indicates p < 0.01

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