Table 3.
Association between PMAQ score and census area income
|
Round 1 (2011–13) |
Round 2 (2013–15) |
Round 3 (2015–19) |
Difference (round 3–round 1) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient (95% CI) | p value | Coefficient (95% CI) | p value | Coefficient (95% CI) | p value | Coefficient (95% CI) | p value | ||
| Monthly household income, in thousands (R$) | 1·59 (1·31 to 1·86) | <0·0001 | 0·63 (0·36 to 0·90) | <0·0001 | −0·21 (−0·51 to 0·10) | 0·19 | −1·79 (−2·18 to −1·40) | <0·0001 | |
| Proportion of census population younger than 5 years | −48·37 (−62·55 to −34·19) | <0·0001 | −18·38 (−33·72 to −3·03) | 0·019 | −10·22 (−28·07 to 7·63) | 0·26 | 38·15 (17·81 to 58·48) | 0·0002 | |
| Proportion of census population older than 50 years | −9·7 (−13·92 to −5·49) | <0·0001 | 4·71 (−0·11 to 9·52) | 0·055 | 1·35 (−3·94 to 6·65) | 0·62 | 11·06 (5·01 to 17·10) | 0·0003 | |
| Facility type* | |||||||||
| Health centre | 1·1 (0·63 to 1·56) | <0·0001 | 0·43 (−0·11 to 0·98) | 0·12 | 0·65 (0·05 to 1·25) | 0·035 | −0·45 (−1·11 to 0·21) | 0·18 | |
| Other | 1·79 (0·84 to 2·75) | 0·0002 | 0·24 (−0·83 to 1·32) | 0·66 | 0·75 (−0·41 to 1·90) | 0·21 | −1·05 (−2·28 to 0·19) | 0·096 | |
| Total staff in facility | 0·09 (0·07 to 0·11) | <0·0001 | 0·07 (0·05 to 0·09) | <0·0001 | 0·01 (−0·02 to 0·03) | 0·60 | −0·09 (−0·12 to −0·06) | <0·0001 | |
| Observations (teams)† | 13 934 | .. | 13 934 | .. | 13 934 | .. | 13 934 | .. | |
| R2 | 0·06 | .. | 0·02 | .. | <0·01 | .. | 0·03 | .. | |
All models show results from ordinary least squares regressions. PMAQ=National Programme for Improving Primary Care Access and Quality.
*
The reference group for facility type is health posts.
†
Observations (teams) are clustered by census sector.