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Table 6 Illness severity sub-group analysis

From: Effect of pecuniary costs and time costs on choice of healthcare providers among caregivers of febrile children in rural Papua New Guinea

 

Mild sub-group

 

Severe sub-group

 

Health center

Aid post

VHV

Health center

Aid post

VHV

Pecuniary costs

− 0.125

−0.125

−0.125

−0.303**

−0.303**

−0.303**

(0.134)

(0.134)

(0.134)

(0.145)

(0.145)

(0.145)

Time costs

−0.122***

−0.122***

−0.122***

−0.086***

−0.086***

−0.086***

(0.039)

(0.039)

(0.039)

(0.032)

(0.032)

(0.032)

Age

−0.058

0.039

−0.008

−0.030

−0.177**

0.066

(0.064)

(0.086)

(0.043)

(0.072)

(0.085)

(0.042)

Male

0.041

−0.906

−0.665*

0.516

−0.596

−0.851**

(0.535)

(0.656)

(0.356)

(0.574)

(0.569)

(0.332)

Caregiver’s education

0.120

0.178

0.075

−0.158

0.079

0.023

(0.117)

(0.142)

(0.067)

(0.099)

(0.106)

(0.055)

Western medicine

−0.070

−0.387

−0.010

0.082

−1.216**

−0.056

(0.549)

(0.705)

(0.364)

(0.561)

(0.599)

(0.337)

Asset index

0.310

0.065

−0.102

0.308

−0.549*

−0.062

(0.211)

(0.260)

(0.172)

(0.246)

(0.319)

(0.106)

Household size

0.039

−0.175

−0.014

−0.159

−0.163

0.003

(0.110)

(0.163)

(0.083)

(0.108)

(0.117)

(0.057)

Constant

0.707

1.509

−0.003

4.443***

3.662***

0.609

(1.561)

(1.664)

(0.806)

(1.418)

(1.398)

(0.677)

Random component

 Pecuniary

0.128

0.128

0.128

0.273

0.273

0.273

(0.092)

(0.092)

(0.092)

(0.125)

(0.125)

(0.125)

 Time costs

0.002

0.002

0.002

   

(0.066)

(0.066)

(0.066)

   

 N

198

  

241

  

 Log likelihood

−182.946

  

− 250.154

  

 AIC

415.892

  

548.308

  

 Pseudo R2

0.099

  

0.110

  
  1. VHV village health volunteer
  2. In the severe sub-group, a random component for time costs was not included because the model did not converge when random components were assumed for both pecuniary and time costs
  3. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, *p < 0.1
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