|
Coefficient a
|
95% CI
|
p-value
|
---|
Facility characteristics
|
Daily outpatient volume b
|
Less than 90.6
|
0.78
|
(0.24, 1.32)
|
0.005**
|
90.6 +
|
− 2.34
|
(−4.18, − 0.50)
|
0.013*
|
Number of primary care staff c
|
−0.01
|
(− 0.04, 0.03)
|
0.702
|
Basic equipment d
|
2.01
|
(0.68, 3.35)
|
0.003**
|
Essential medicine index e
|
4.36
|
(−0.69, 9.41)
|
0.090
|
Urban location
|
−0.98
|
(−2.63, 0.66)
|
0.241
|
Facility type
|
General hospital
|
ref.
| | |
Primary hospital
|
−0.16
|
(−2.65, 2.34)
|
0.901
|
Health center
|
−0.65
|
(−3.02, 1.73)
|
0.592
|
R-squared
|
0.1518
| | |
- a Model includes 11 region fixed effects (not shown).
- b Linear spline with one knot at 90.6 outpatients per day. The estimated difference represents a 100% increase (doubling) in volume.
- c Includes medical doctors, health officers and nurses.
- d Binary indicator for the availability of at least one functional among: scale, pediatric scale, thermometer, stethoscope, BP apparatus and exam light.
- e Average of 19 essential medicines listed in supplementary materials.
- * p-value ≤0.05 ** p- value ≤0.01