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. 2018 Jan 8;17:5. doi: 10.1186/s12939-017-0717-5

Table 4.

Multilevel logistic regression (Random effects, sub-level: DISTRICT) (coefficients)

(1) Knowledge of indigent exemptions (2) Application of indigent exemptions (recoded) (3) Knowledge of delivery exemptions (4) Application of delivery exemptions (recoded)
Sex female (base: male) −0.048 (0.2897) −0.096 (0.4238) 0.178 (0.1849) 0.342 (0.1927)
Education (base: Senior high school)
 No education or primary −0.662 (0.7971) −0.866 (1.1117) 0.258 (0.4038) 0.352 (0.4069)
 Junior high school 0.210 (0.2557) 0.056 (0.3718) 0.563*** (0.1648) 0.472** (0.1710)
 Higher education 0.0795 (0.3801) 0.707 (0.4665) −0.517 (0.3084) −0.225 (0.3122)
Age (centred) 0.0063 (0.0212) −0.016 (0.0298) −0.026 (0.0146) −0.026 (0.0152)
Type of health worker (base: Midwife (midwife/birth attendant/assistant midwife (AA, AB))
 Nurse (IDE, IB, nursing assistant) or medical doctor 0.030 (0.3423) −0.187 (0.5488) 0.207 (0.2166) 0.316 (0.2283)
 Mobile health worker (AIS) 0.436 (0.3535) 1.181* (0.5422) 0.372 (0.2137) 0.564* (0.2215)
Head of health facility 0.922** (0.3271) 2.031*** (0.5065) 0.076 (0.2203) 0.180 (0.2293)
Years worked at facility (centred) −0.010 (0.0452) 0.003 (0.0685) −0.018 (0.0314) −0.030 (0.0334)
Absence in past 30 days (centred) 0.008 (0.0178) 0.039 (0.0217) −0.024 (0.0141) −0.022 (0.0146)
Performance feedback received during past 12 months 0.262 (0.2441) 0.194 (0.3623) −0.039 (0.1593) −0.121 (0.1663)
Training – emergency obstetric and neonatal care 0.026 (0.5235) −0.991 (1.0983) −0.050 (0.3274) −0.417 (0.3655)
Training – facility (financial) management 0.122 (0.6932) −0.624 (1.1343) −0.409 (0.5998) −0.554 (0.6689)
Influence on decisions −0.059 (0.0378) −0.057 (0.0551) 0.012 (0.0260) 0.005 (0.0269)
Control over facility 0.100* (0.0463) −0.000 (0.0645) 0.118*** (0.0300) 0.098** (0.0310)
Urban (base: Rural) 0.509 (0.3352) 0.403 (0.5115) −0.027 (0.2365) 0.117 (0.2459)
Health facility level (base: Primary)
 Secondary −0.398 (0.5728) −0.471 (1.0077) −0.640 (0.3812) −0.782 (0.4219)
 Private/other 0.299 (0.8557) 0.711 (1.1867) 1.040 (0.5336) 0.351 (0.6395)
# of clinical staff −0.056 (0.0767) −0.158 (0.1175) −0.001 (0.0516) −0.061 (0.0558)
Share of indigents (aggr. by district) −3.335 (3.1934) −5.359 (5.6452) 5.954** (1.8221) 4.921* (2.0305)
Constant −2.993*** (0.8719) −3.459* (1.3780) −3.416*** (0.5658) −3.113*** (0.6109)
lnsig2u 0.142 (0.4145) 1.032* (0.5047) −0.642 (0.4059) −0.378 (0.3955)
sigma_u 1.074 (0.2225) 1.675 (0.4228) 0.726 (0.1472) 0.828 (0.1637)
rho 0.259 (0.0797) 0.460 (0.1254) 0.138 (0.0483) 0.172 (0.0564)
Observations 1345 1314 1345 1343
Wald chi2(20) 31.64* 43.58** 79.55*** 69.38***
LR ratio test of rho, chibar2(01) 72.53*** 67.76*** 56.43*** 68.18***

Standard errors in parentheses. Significance levels: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001