Table 6.

Differences in mean readiness scores and independent predictors of facility readiness

Variable	Mean score of readiness	p-value b	Coeff	95% CI	p-value a
Facility type
RRH/HCIV/HCIII	7.6 (2.7)	< 0.001**	-0.86	-3.08 to 1.35	0.43
HCII	4.5 (2.3)
Ownership
Public	6.6 (2.8)	0.34	0.99	-1.62 to 3.61	0.44
Private	7.4 (3.0)
Location
Urban/Peri-urban	6.8 (2.7)	0.96	-1.83	-3.42 to 0.23	0.02
Rural	6.9 (3.3)
Facility teaching status
Teaching facility	7.6 (2.8)	0.05	0.68	-1.14 to 2.51	0.45
Not a teaching facility	6.1 (2.8)
Type of service offered
Both out and inpatient care	7.6 (2.6)	0.00***	1.32	-0.77 to 3.43	0.21
Outpatient	4.6 (2.6)
Health worker cadre present
Doctor
Yes	8.6 (2.8)	0.00***	2.12	-0.22 to 4.47	0.07
No	5.9 (2.5)
Clinical officer
Yes	7.4 (2.6)	0.00***	4.01	1.49–6.53	0.00***
No	2.8 (1.4)
Basic amenities at facilities
Power supply
Available	6.1 (2.6)	0.15	-1.07	-2.75 to 0.61	0.20
Not available	7.2 (3.0)
Improved Water supply
Available	7.1 (2.9)	0.12	1.29	-0.41 to 3.01	0.13
Not available	5.3 (2.3)
Communication equipment
Available	7.6 (2.6)	0.01*	-0.32	-2.42 to 1.77	0.75
Not available	5.5 (3.0)
Access to computer
Yes	8.1 (2.8)	0.01*	1.48	-0.54 to 3.51	0.14
No	6.2 (2.8)
Emergency transportation
Available	7.7 (2.6)	0.02*	-0.87	-2.65 to 0.91	0.33
Not available	5.9 (3.0)

^*P < 0.05, ^**P< 0.01, ^***P < 0.001

^bP-Value for t-test, ^aP-Value for linear regression