Table 3. GEE results for provider choices by health conditions among urban residents in Ouagadougou.
| Severe | Not severe | |||||||
| Variables | For-profit | Not for-profit | For-profit | Not for-profit | ||||
OR
|
95% CI | OR
|
95% CI | OR
|
95% CI | OR
|
95% CI | |
| Age, year | ||||||||
| 15–24 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 25–44 | 0.99 | 0.97–1.01 | 0.97 | 0.95–1.00 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
| 44–64 | 1.00 | 0.96–1.03 | 0.97 | 0.93–1.01 | 0.99 | 0.98–1.01 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
| 65yo &+ | 0.98 | 0.93–1.03 | 1.00 | 0.94–1.06 | 1.01 | 0.99–1.03 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Male | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Female | 1.01 | 1.00–1.02 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | 1.01 | 1.00–1.01 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Single/divorced/widow | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Married | 1.01 | 0.98–1.04 | 1.02 | 0.98–1.07 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.01 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
| Education | ||||||||
| No education | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| University | 1.04 | 1.02–1.07 | 1.00 | 0.96–1.04 | 1.03 | 1.01–1.04 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
| Junior high | 1.03 | 1.01–1.04 | 0.98 | 0.95–1.01 | 1.01 | 1.00–1.02 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
| Junior | 1.00 | 0.99–1.02 | 0.98 | 0.96–1.01 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.01 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
| Primary | 1.02 | 1.00–1.03 | 1.00 | 0.97–1.02 | 1.00 | 0.99–1.02 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
| Occupation | ||||||||
| Other (retired, household wife, student, jobless) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Formal (Public & private) | 1.03 | 1.01–1.04 | 1.02 | 0.98–1.05 | 1.03 | 1.01–1.04 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
| Informal private | 0.99 | 0.99–1.00 | 0.99 | 0.96–1.01 | 0.99 | 0.98–1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
| Insurance | ||||||||
| Not Insured | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Insured | 1.15 | 1.04–1.28 | 1.02 | 0.99–1.05 | 1.22 | 1.07–1.39 | 1.00 | 1.00–1.00 |
OR (95% confidence intervals) is derived by GEE analysis. All the estimates are adjusted for each covariate for the effects.
of the other covariates. Public provider is used as reference group against FP, and NFP provider choice.
Abbreviations: GEE, generalized estimating equations; FP, for-profit; NFP, not for-profit; OR, odd ratio; CI, confidence interval.