Table 5 Multivariate regression result of the predictors of MA cost-segregated sample
Variable (reference category) | All facilities | Only facilities with disparities in MA cost | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pharmacy | Clinic | Pharmacy | Clinic | |
Estimate (95% CI) | Estimate (95% CI) | Estimate (95% CI) | Estimate (95% CI) | |
Age (< = 24 years) | ||||
 > 24 years | −0.5 (−6.3, 5.4) | 2.8 (−5.8, 11.4) | 5.5 (−9.3, 20.3) | 4.7 (−6.2, 15.7) |
Marital status (Currently/formerly in union) | ||||
 Never in union | 7.7 (2.8, 12.6)*** | −1.9 (−9.8, 6.1) | 10.9 (−1.4, 23.1)* | −1.4 (−11.0, 8.2) |
Number of live births | −0.6 (−1.2, −0.1)** | −4.1 (−7.0, −1.3)*** | −9.0 (−14.6, −3.3)*** | −5.3 (−8.9, −1.7)*** |
Education (Tertiary/higher) | ||||
 No education | 23.4 (−10.4, 57.2) | −6.0 (−36.4, 24.3) | 68.2 (−16.6, 153.1) | −3.2 (−35.0, 28.6) |
 Primary/JHS | −0.0 (−7.7, 7.7) | −12.6 (−23.6, −1.5)** | 7.3 (−9.3, 23.9) | −14.3 (−27.0, −1.5)** |
 Secondary | −1.0 (−8.4, 6.4) | −2.4 (−9.9, 5.0) | −0.2 (−16.9, 16.0) | −2.2 (−11.2, 6.7) |
Occupation (Professional/managerial) | ||||
 Service | 1.1 (−6.4, 8.6) | −3.1 (−12.2, 6.1) | 4.1 (−14.9, 23.1) | −5.0 (−16.5, 6.4) |
 Skilled manual | 9.1 (−3.5, 21.7) | −3.3 (−14.6, 8.0) | 15.8 (−9.8, 41.5) | −4.8 (−17.2, 7.6) |
 Unskilled manual | −5.4 (−15.6, 4.7) | 1.5 (−22.6, 25.6) | −5.2 (−26.1, 15.8) | 1.0 (−27.6, 29.6) |
 Student | −0.5 (−9.8, 8.8) | −5.7 (−14.9, 3.6) | −4.4 (−29.1, 20.3) | −7.8 (−19.5, 3.9) |
 Unemployed | 1.3 (−7.4, 10.1) | −7.2 (−16.3, 1.8) | 5.9 (−14.0, 25.8) | −10.6 (−22.5, 1.4)* |
Woman’s place of residence (City) | ||||
 Town | 0.7 (−6.2, 7.5) | 14.7 (6.8, 22.7)*** | 1.3 (−16.8, 19.3) | 20.1 (10.2, 30.0)*** |
 Village/rural | 1.9 (−8.2, 12.1) | −2.8 (−28.8, 23.2) | −10.1 (−34.6, 14.4) | 0.4 (−26.7, 27.6) |
Study site/region (Greater Accra) | ||||
 Ashanti | −35.3 (−48.5, −22.1)*** | 74.7 (−7.8, 157.2)* | 15.2 (−4.2, 34.7) | 73.8 (−8.3, 155.8)* |
 Eastern | −42.7 (−58.3, −27.1)*** | −91.7 (−114.9, −68.4)*** | −38.8 (−57.0, −20.5)*** | −91.2 (−114.7, −67.8)*** |
 Western | 63.3 (47.1, 79.5)*** | −184.9(−206.5,−163.4)*** | 65.3 (46.8, 83.8)*** | −55.2 (−77.0, −33.4)*** |
Facility-level effect | √ | √ | √ | √ |
Learned about MA from the internet (No) | ||||
 Yes | −0.3 (−8.4, 7.8) | −13.4 (−21.2, −5.6)*** | −3.3 (−20.2, 13.6) | −13.4 (−23.4, −3.4)*** |
Constant | 155.7 (140.2, 171.2)*** | 295.7 (271.0, 320.4)*** | 152.5(124.1, 180.9)*** | 294.2 (267.5, 320.9)*** |
Observations | 929 | 1045 | 386 | 805 |
Prob > F | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
R2 | 0.45 | 0.79 | 0.33 | 0.78 |