Table 2 . Simple linear regression analysis of performance indicators over time in rural Mozambique .

	β	R 2	Standard error	P value
Accounting domain
Allocate budgets to cover expenses in requisitions	9.16	0.57	1.24	<0.001
Earmark payments based on appropriate documentation	4.54	0.39	0.89	<0.001
HR domain
Allocate budget to cover costs of newly absorbed government personnel	9.96	0.75	0.90	<0.001
Comply with annual plan for changes in staff positions (promotions, career development, etc.)	3.15	0.22	0.93	0.002
Allocate budget to cover salaries affected by changed staff positions	8.58	0.47	1.40	<0.001
Process and pay all salaries by 15th of the month	-0.37	0.00	1.18	0.750
M&E capacity domain
Use government-issued guidelines when developing district plans	-0.58	0.28	0.14	<0.001
Submit and archive monthly MoH performance reports	1.04	0.01	1.43	0.471
Sufficient stock of data collection forms and registers based on identified demand	6.31	0.65	6.31	<0.001
Transportation management domain
Report transportation use for each vehicle in the logbook	2.50	0.18	0.82	0.004

M&E= Monitoring and Evaluation; HR= Human Resource; MoH= Ministry of Health.