Table 4.

Impact of plausible determinants on log transformed minutes of clients’ consultation duration times

	Model 1 (n = 3160)			Model 2 (n = 2929)			Model 3 (n = 2491)
	Beta	% changea	95% CIsa	Beta	% changea	95% CIsa	Beta	% changea	95% CIsa
Integration characteristics
Integrated PITC and FP (reference)
PITC only	0.558***	74.72	39.70; 118.40	0.485***	62.47	30.09; 102.90	0.018	1.84	−20.98; 31.24
FP only	−0.566***	−43.22	−54.34; −29.36	−0.509***	−39.87	−50.42; −27.08	−1.106***	−66.90	−75.81; −54.70
Total number of services provided per facility	−0.007	−0.70	−1.48; 0.01	−0.009*	−0.91	−1.58; −0.24	−0.003	−0.32	−1.06; 0.42
Client characteristics
Age (years)	−0.006*	−0.60	−1.09; −0.09	−0.004	−0.41	−0.93; 0.10	−0.007*	−0.68	−1.23; −0.12
Client typeb(Adult—reference)
Adult + child	0.042	4.29	−9.99; 20.77	0.029	2.97	−9.52; 17.18	0.066	6.87	−7.28; 23.19
Unknown	−0.241	−21.41	−51.04; 26.01	−0.355	−29.90	−56.70; 13.49	−0.350	−29.56	−59.05; 21.18
Inpatient/facility characteristics
Inpatient (reference)
Outpatient	0.129	13.77	−17.98; 57.82	0.093	9.70	−17.51; 45.88	0.112	11.81	−19.58; 55.45
Location (Rural – reference)
Urban	0.535*	70.74	1.93; 186.04	0.369	44.70	−5.13; 120.70	0.385	46.93	−16.17; 157.53
Facility size characteristics
Total number of mother and child health (MCH) visits per facility (at baseline in 2009) c	0.000	0.00	−0.01; 0.00	0.000	0.00	−0.01; 0.00	0.000	0.00	−0.01; 0.00
Total outpatient visits per year per facility d	0.000	0.00	0.00; 0.00	0.000	0.00	0.00; 0.00	0.000	0.00	0.00; 0.00
Size of facility (total square meters of consultation rooms) e	0.000	0.00	0.00; 0.01	0.000	0.00	0.00; 0.01	0.000	0.00	0.00; 0.01
Total staff FTE across all services per facility	−0.007	−0.70	−1.97; 0.51	−0.007	−0.72	−1.81; 0.39	−0.005	−0.54	−1.97; 0.92
Proportion of clinical staff out of total stuff per facility	−3.920**	−98.02	−99.80; −80.23	−3.548**	−97.12	−99.63; −77.62	−3.828**	−97.83	−99.80; −76.18
Study selection characteristics
Intervention/Arm (Comparison – reference)
Intervention	0.396**	48.59	18.56; 86.31	0.353**	42.37	16.07; 74.62	0.315*	36.99	7.15; 75.14
FP/PNC (FP model – reference)
PNC model	−0.367*	−30.72	−51.65; −0.82	−0.283	−24.63	−43.74; 0.96	−0.331	−28.15	−51.70; 6.88
Workload characteristics
Facility Workload (at baseline in 2009)	1.189	228.38	−4.21; 1026.47	0.992*	169.53	3.28; 603.43	1.132	210.14	−7.10; 935.44
Time of arrival at facility	−0.001**	−0.10	−0.12; −0.02	−0.001***	−0.08	−0.12; −0.04	−0.001*	−0.07	−0.13; −0.01
Waiting timef,g	0.000	0.00	−0.09; 0.09	−0.000	−0.01	−0.09; 0.06	0.000	0.03	−0.07; 0.13
R2	0.309			0.311			0.307
AIC	8208			6999			6603
BIC	8323			7113			6714

AIC, Akaike Information Criterion; BIC, Bayesian Information Criterion; CIs, Confidence Intervals; FP, Family planning; HR, Human resources; OLS, Ordinary Least Squares; PITC, Provider-initiated HIV counselling and testing; PNC, Postnatal Care

Model 1 using full range of consultation duration times, Model 2 restricted to consultation duration times of over 3 min; Model 3 restricted to separate consultations only

^aRegression coefficients were converted into per cent change in consultation duration times using the formula [exp(β)−1]×100

^b‘Adult’ indicates an individual going to the consultation alone, and ‘adult with child’ indicates an individual going to the consultation with a child

^cBeta  = −0.0000317, % change = −0.003%, 95% CIs = −0.0068% to 0.0005% in Model 1. Beta = −0.0000263, % change = −0.003%, 95% CIs = −0.0055% to 0.0002% in Model 2

^dBeta = −0.0000072, % change = −0.001%, 95% CIs = −0.003% to 0.001% in Model 1. Beta = −0.00000631, % change = −0.001%, 95% CIs = −0.002% to 0.001% in Model 2

^eBeta = 0.0000373, % change = 0.004%, 95% CIs = −0.001% to 0.009% in Model 1. Beta = 0.0000333, % change = 0.003%, 95% CIs = −0.001% to 0.007% in Model 2

^fBeta = 0.0000065, % change = 0.001% in Model 1. Beta = −0.0001351, % change = −0.001%, 95% CIs = −0.004% to 0.001% in Model 2

^gBetween arrival and first consultation (and subsequent consultations when there was more than one consultation)

^*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001