Table 6.

Reduced model for cost of treating paediatric malaria in Homa Bay County

Reduced model—after bootstrapping regression
Parameter	Parameter est. (SE)	95% CI	t Value	P value
Age (years)	0.83 (0.45)	−0.05 to 1.71	1.8	0.066
Facility level
Level II	1
Level III	3.36 (3.19)	−2.97 to 9.69	1.1	0.294
Level IV	5.87 (2.61)	0.70 to 11.04	2.3	0.026*
Level V	20.64 (5.13)	10.49 to 30.83	4.0	<0.001
Days of stay at facility	2.38 (0.58)	1.23 to 3.53	4.1	<0.001
Prescriber
Clinical officer	1
Medical officer	6.98 (4.29)	−1.51 to 15.47	2.40	0.106
Nurse	2.73 (4.63)	6.44 to 11.90	0.59	0.556

R²=38%, R^2- Adjusted=33%.

*Bold p-values indicate significant association at 95% level of significance