Table 4.
Health system factors associated with the distribution of outpatient ICD-10 consultations for mental disorders in Sofala, Mozambique, October 2012 – June 2014
Health system factor | F00-F09 | P-value | F10-F19 | P-value | F20-F29 | P-value | F30-F39 | P-value | F40-F48 | P-value | F70-F79 | P-value | G40-41 | P-value |
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aRRa (95 % CI) | aRRa (95 % CI) | aRRa (95 % CI) | aRRa (95 % CI) | aRRa (95 % CI) | aRRa (95 % CI) | aRRa (95 % CI) | ||||||||
Num. outpatient consultations (per 10,000 increase) | 1.06 (0.89, 1.24) | 0.52 | 0.93 (0.84, 1.02) | 0.13 | 0.90 (0.82, 0.97) | 0.01 | 1.2 (0.88, 1.6) | 0.26 | 1.1 (0.93, 1.3) | 0.28 | 1.07 (0.96, 1.2) | 0.23 | 0.98 (0.91, 1.1) | 0.56 |
Rural clinic location | 0.32 (0.13, 0.75) | 0.009 | 0.14 (0.06, 0.30) | <0.001 | 0.50 (0.40, 0.63) | <0.001 | 0.22 (0.07, 0.72) | 0.01 | 3.5 (0.82, 14.7) | 0.09 | 1.2 (0.45, 3.1) | 0.73 | 1.8 (1.2, 2.8) | 0.009 |
Level of health facility | ||||||||||||||
Primary | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | 1 (reference) | |||||||
Secondary | 1.6 (0.46, 5.6) | 0.45 | 0.72 (0.24, 2.2) | 0.56 | 0.95 (0.53, 1.7) | 0.85 | 2.1 (0.72, 6.2) | 0.18 | 0.14 (0.03, 0.69) | 0.02 | 0.23 (0.05, 1.01) | 0.05 | 1.5 (0.93, 2.3) | 0.10 |
Quaternary | 1.5 (0.29, 8.0) | 0.61 | 1.36 (0.48, 3.9) | 0.57 | 7.7 (1.3, 44.7) | 0.02 | 0.18 (0.009, 3.3) | 0.24 | 0.59 (0.09, 3.9) | 0.58 | 11.3 (1.8, 71.6) | 0.01 | 0.16 (0.02, 1.3) | 0.09 |
Mental health staffingb | ||||||||||||||
Psychiatrists | Excluded | Excluded | 0.71 (0.25, 2.0) | 0.52 | Excluded | Excluded | Excluded | 0.62 (0.27, 1.5) | 0.27 | |||||
Psychologists | Excluded | Excluded | 0.68 (0.46, 0.99) | 0.05 | Excluded | Excluded | Excluded | 2.3 (1.2, 4.6) | 0.01 | |||||
Psychiatric technicians | Excluded | Excluded | 2.1 (1.2, 3.6) | 0.006 | Excluded | Excluded | Excluded | 0.89 (0.58, 1.4) | 0.59 |
aAll adjusted rate ratios (aRR) represent fully-adjusted coefficients adjusting for system factors simultaneously in a negative binomial regression model using generalized estimating equations and an exchangeable correlation matrix to control for facility-level correlation
bStaffing variables are excluded from F00-F09, F10-F19, F30-F39, F40-F48, and F70-F79 models due to small sample size and instability in estimates if included