Table 5.

Results from mixed-effects logistic regression model for utility of attributes of health facilities for delivery, reported for 108 women* from Sidama zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia

Variable	OR	P values	95% CI
Medications and supplies
Always available	3.08	0.000	2.03 to 4.67
Support person
Allowed in delivery room	1.69	0.000	1.37 to 2.07
Ambulance
Free	1.37	0.006	1.09 to 1.70
Cost (per 50-birr decrease)	1.15	0.000	1.12 to 1.18
Provider
Female doctor  versus HEW	0.92	0.702	0.59 to 1.42
Male doctor  versus HEW	1.33	0.169	0.89 to 1.99
Female nurse  versus HEW	0.68	0.050	0.47 to 1.00
Male nurse  versus HEW	0.54	0.003	0.36 to 0.81
Female doctor  versus male doctor	0.69	0.011	0.52 to 0.92
Female doctor  versus female nurse	1.34	0.064	0.98 to 1.84
Female doctor  versus male nurse	1.71	0.000	1.27 to 2.29
Male doctor  versus female nurse	1.95	0.000	1.44 to 2.62
Male doctor  versus male nurse	2.47	0.000	1.84 to 3.32
Female nurse  versus male nurse	0.68	0.120	0.94 to 1.71
Attitude
Smiles, listens	1.24	0.075	0.98 to 1.56
Distance (per 15 min decrease in walking time)	0.99	0.383	0.86 to 1.05

AIC decreased from 2960 (null) to 2762 (level 1). Likelihood ratio χ²(10)=218.30, p<0.0001. Bolded values are significant at the p<0.05 level.

*Twenty-one missing responses and 99 neither responses out of 3240 options.

AIC, Akaike’s information criterion; HEW, health extension worker; SNNPR, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region.