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Table 2 The impact of the FHCI in public/NGO/missionary health facilities

From: Free health care for under-fives, expectant and recent mothers? Evaluating the impact of Sierra Leone’s free health care initiative

 

Simple linear

Linear interaction

Quadratic interaction

Utilisation (LPM)

  

ITT effect (Age ≥ 5 years)

−0.0310

−0.0197

0.0885

 

(0.060)

(0.061)

(0.098)

N

1633

1633

1633

AIC

2235.2

2236.5

2234.3a

Probability of reporting zero consultation and prescription expenditure (LPM)

ITT effect (Age ≥ 5 years)

−0.134*

−0.142**

−0.0938

 

(0.071)

(0.071)

(0.116)

N

915

915

915

AIC

1180.8a

1182.3

1186.0

Probability of reporting zero consultation expenditure (LPM)

ITT effect (Age ≥ 5 years)

−0.121*

−0.126*

−0.0359

 

(0.073)

(0.072)

(0.113)

N

915

915

915

AIC

1136.5a

1138.3

1141.2

Probability of reporting zero prescription expenditure (LPM)

ITT effect (Age ≥ 5 years)

−0.0410

−0.0628

−0.0600

 

(0.058)

(0.059)

(0.095)

N

915

915

915

AIC

1005.8

1003.9a

1007.8

Total expenditure (two-part model showing marginal effects)

 

ITT effect (Age ≥ 5 years)

−0.144

−0.0827

−0.623

 

(0.462)

(0.436)

(1.753)

N

915

915

915

AIC

686.0

685.94

685.93a

  1. Control variables includes region dummies, head of households’ age and education
  2. Standard errors in parentheses
  3. LPM linear probability model
  4. * p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05
  5. aOptimal model specification