Health facility management and primary health care performance in Uganda

Kim, June-Ho; Bell, Griffith A.; Bitton, Asaf; Desai, Eesha V.; Hirschhorn, Lisa R.; Makumbi, Fredrick; Nabiwemba, Elizabeth; Ratcliffe, Hannah L.; Wabwire-Mangen, Fred; Kibira, Simon P. S.; Schwarz, Dan

doi:10.1186/s12913-022-07674-3

BMC Health Services Research

Table 4 Patient characteristics across the highest and lowest PRIME-Tool management score quintiles

From: Health facility management and primary health care performance in Uganda

	Lowest quintile		Highest quintile		Total
	No	%	No	%	No	%
Age
15–19	33	13.3	23	8.5	173	12.9
20–24	46	18.9	42	15.8	208	15.6
25–34	63	25.6	69	26.1	376	28.1
35–44	46	19	48	17.9	262	19.6
45–54	29	11.9	44	16.7	149	11.1
55–64	11	4.4	25	9.5	93	7
65 +	17	6.9	15	5.5	77	5.8
Total	245	100	266	100	1339	100
Sex of household member
Male	81	32.9	94	35.3	419	31.3
Female	164	67.1	172	64.7	920	68.7
Total	245	100	266	100	1339	100
Quintile of wealth^a
Quintile 1	37	15.1	50	18.6	371	27.7
Quintile 2	85	34.8	56	21.1	328	24.5
Quintile 3	74	30.4	74	27.7	272	20.4
Quintile 4	32	12.9	60	22.5	247	18.5
Quintile 5	17	6.8	27	10	120	9
Total	245	100	266	100	1339	100
Highest level of school attended
Never	47	19.3	36	13.5	217	16.2
Primary	152	62.1	151	56.7	795	59.4
O	35	14.4	56	21.1	238	17.8
A	4	1.5	5	2	22	1.6
Tertiary	5	2	12	4.5	53	3.9
University	2	0.8	6	2.2	13	1
Total	245	100	266	100	1338	100
Marital Status
Currently Married	75	30.5	84	31.4	487	36.4
Currently Living with Partner	98	39.9	100	37.4	438	32.7
Divorced	20	8.1	33	12.4	137	10.3
Widow	13	5.3	20	7.4	96	7.2
Never Married	40	16.1	31	11.5	180	13.5
Total	245	100	266	100	1339	100
Neighborhood
Urban	15	6	30	11.3	179	13.4
Rural	230	94	236	88.7	1160	86.6
Total	245	100	266	100	1339	100
Region
Central	79	32.3	45	16.7	314	23.4
Eastern	43	17.4	95	35.8	323	24.2
Northern	30	12.1	29	10.8	335	25
Western	94	38.2	98	36.7	367	27.4
Total	245	100	266	100	1339	100
Services Covered by Insurance
No	245	100	263	98.6	1332	99.6
Yes	0	0	4	1.4	5	0.4
Total	245	100	266	100	1338	100
Managing Authority
Government	229	93.3	221	82.9	1253	93.6
NGO	3	1.4	0	0	3	0.3
Faith-based Organization	0	0	45	17.1	70	5.2
Private	13	5.3	0	0	13	1
Total	245	100	266	100	1339	100
Type of Facility
Hospital	17	6.8	134	50.3	327	24.4
Health Center IV	23	9.4	90	33.9	275	20.5
Health Center III	56	22.8	28	10.3	449	33.6
Health Center II	136	55.7	15	5.5	275	20.6
Health Clinic	13	5.3	0	0	13	1
Total	245	100	266	100	1339	100
Has any insurance or is a member of a mutual health
No	245	100	260	97.6	1328	99.2
Yes	0	0	6	2.4	10	0.8
Total	245	100	266	100	1338	100
Borrowed money or sold something to afford the costs of care/treatment
No	36	60.3	71	44.6	257	49.8
Yes	24	39.7	89	55.4	259	50.2
Total	60	100	160	100	516	100

^aQuintile 1: lowest quintile; Quintile 5: highest quintile

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