Table 5.

Factors associated with equipment stock-outs at 26 clinics visited in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in Sofala, Mozambique

Facility-level characteristics	Clinic visits with a stock-out (N = 21)	Clinic visits without a stock-out (N = 57)	RR (95% CI) for any stock-out*	P-value
Distance from distribution point in kilometres (10 km change)	29.2	15.9	1.27 (1.07–1.5)	0.006
Rural clinic (% rural)	90.5	87.7	1.8 (0.33–9.4)	0.51
Number of technical staff	12.1	24.2	0.96 (0.93–0.99)	0.006
Number of pharmacy staff	1.2	2.2	0.71 (0.53–0.97)	0.03
Number of laboratory staff	0.67	2.3	0.59 (0.42–0.82)	0.002
Number of admin staff	0.1	1.6	0.26 (0.12–0.60)	0.002
Number of minutes confirmed	1.3	1.4	0.98 (0.86–1.11)	0.75
Number of district supervisory visits	3.9	2.8	1.10 (1.00–1.21)	0.049
Number of provincial supervisory visits	4.3	4.7	1.00 (0.97–1.03)	0.97
Outpatient visits (1000 visit change)	27 312	45 030	0.98 (0.95–1.00)	0.09
Ratio of technical staff to 10,000 visits	4.1	5.2	0.89 (0.75–1.06)	0.20
Frequency of meetings (moving up one step, ordinal)	2.0	2.2	0.76 (0.52–1.11)	0.16

^*Did not analyse ruptures where stock was available at the district level for equipment because it is not kept in stock at district distribution points but instead ordered on an as-needed basis or repaired if non-functional.