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Table 2 The relative risk (RR), 95% confidence interval (CI), and p-values for EM-Diabetes availability obtained from the Poisson regression model

From: The availability of essential medicines for diabetes at health facilities in Bangladesh: evidence from 2014 and 2017 national surveys

Facility characteristics

BHFS 2014

BHFS 2017

RR (95% CI)

P-value

RR (95% CI)

P-value

Managing authority

 Private

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Public

0.44 (0.25, 0.78)

<0.001

0.54 (0.41, 0.71)

<0.001

Location

 Urban

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Rural

0.26 (0.12, 0.55)

<0.001

0.60 (0.44, 0.81)

<0.001

Routine user fees or charges for client service

 Not available

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Available

1.76 (0.82, 3.80)

0.15

3.70 (1.86, 7.38)

<0.001

System to elicit clients’ opinions about the health facility or its service

 Not available

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Available

1.10 (0.68, 1.77)

0.70

1.11 (0.78, 1.57)

0.57

Routine quality assurance activities

 Not performed

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Performed

0.88 (0.52, 1.47)

0.61

1.62 (1.12, 2.34)

0.01

Basic equipment score

 Low

Reference

 

Reference

 

 High

1.74 (0.69, 4.42)

0.24

0.86 (0.43, 1.75)

0.68

Diagnostic capacity score

 Low

Reference

 

Reference

 

 High

1.20 (0.64, 2.24)

0.56

1.37 (0.98, 1.91)

0.06

National guidelines for diagnosis and management of diabetes

 Not available

Reference

 

Reference

 

 Available

1.17 (0.72,1.92)

0.52

0.92 (0.60, 1.42)

0.71