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Table 3 Fractional regression models showing facility characteristics associated with PAC and SAC proportional capacity scores

From: The infrastructural capacity of Ghanaian health facilities to provide safe abortion and post-abortion care: a cross-sectional study

PAC

SAC

 

Basic PAC

Comprehensive PAC

 

Basic SAC

Comprehensive SAC

 

Primary facilities

Referral facilities

 

Primary facilities

Referral facilities

Covariates

Marginal effects† (95% CI)

Marginal effects† (95% CI)

Covariates

Marginal effects† (95% CI)

Marginal effects† (95% CI)

PAC Caseloads

    

SAC Caseloads

    

One PAC patient per month or less

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

     

Up to one PAC patient per week

0.07 (0.02–0.12)**

0.13 (0.05–0.21)**

Up to one SAC patient per week

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

Up to two PAC patients per week

0.08(−0.04–0.21)

0.13 (0.05–0.22)**

Up to two SAC patients per week

0.05(−0.01–0.11)

0.00(− 0.08–0.09)

Greater than two PAC patients per week

0.28 (0.15–0.42)***

0.14 (0.04–0.24)**

Greater than two SAC patients per week

0.03(− 0.08–0.14)

− 0.02(− 0.13–0.09)

Managing authority

    

Managing authority

    

Public

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

Public

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

Private or faith-based

0.03(−0.04–0.10)

−0.07(− 0.13 – − 0.01)*

Private or faith-based

−0.05(− 0.12–0.02)

−0.08(− 0.18–0.02)

Residence

    

Residence

    

Urban

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

Urban

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

Rural

0.00(−0.06–0.06)

0.07 (0.01–0.13)*

Rural

− 0.08(− 0.14 – − 0.01)*

0.03(− 0.04–0.10)

Number of deliveries per year

0.00(−0.00–0.00)

0.00 (0.00–0.00)*

Number of deliveries per year

0.00(− 0.00–0.00)

0.00(−0.00–0.00)

Staff training in vacuum aspiration‡

         

No staff trained

1.00 (ref)

1.00 (ref)

     

One or more staff trained

0.12 (0.07–0.18)***

0.23 (0.11–0.35)***

     
  1. † Marginal effects of covariates represent changes in the proportional quality score for basic PAC and SAC and comprehensive PAC and SAC compared with the reference group for each covariate
  2. ‡ Either manual (MVA) or electric (EVA)
  3. *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001