Total Primary care | First contact access | Communication continuity | Continuity relational | Coordination | Services available | Services provided | Community orientation | |
B (SE) | B (SE) | B (SE) | B (SE) | B (SE) | B (SE) | B (SE) | B (SE) | |
Reference | 17.12 (0.55) | 3.10 (0.14) | 3.47 (0.15) | 1.77 (0.16) | 2.96 (0.51) | 3.05 (0.11) | 2.39 (0.19) | 3.37 (0.17) |
Sex (Ref: M)† | ||||||||
Female | −0.29 (0.20) | 0.04 (0.05) | −0.09 (0.05) | −0.11 (0.06)* | 0.25 (0.21) | −0.09 (0.04)* | −0.08 (0.07) | 0.03 (0.06) |
Age (Ref: 18–30 years)† | ||||||||
30–45 years | −0.24 (0.21) | 0.08 (0.05) | −0.15 (0.06)** | 0.02 (0.06) | −0.14 (0.18) | −0.01 (0.04) | −0.13 (0.07) | −0.05 (0.07) |
45–60 years | −0.35 (0.30) | −0.01 (0.07) | −0.31 (0.08)** | 0.09 (0.09) | 0.10 (0.28) | 0.05 (0.06) | −0.12 (0.10) | −0.05 (0.09) |
>60 years | 0.07 (0.45) | 0.09 (0.11) | −0.04 (0.12) | 0.13 (0.13) | −0.46 (0.47) | −0.01 (0.09) | −0.18 (0.16) | 0.09 (0.14) |
Education (Ref: 0–5 years primary)† | ||||||||
Primary 6–8 | 0.34 (0.23) | 0.07 (0.06) | 0.12 (0.06)* | 0.02 (0.07) | 0.14 (0.22) | −0.01 (0.05) | 0.15 (0.08) | −0.002 (0.07) |
Sec school | 0.47 (0.25) | 0.07 (0.06) | 0.004 (0.07) | 0.09 (0.07) | 0.18 (0.22) | −0.04 (0.05) | 0.15 (0.09) | 0.20 (0.08)* |
Post sec school | 0.17 (0.45) | 0.08 (0.11) | −0.03 (0.12) | −0.003 (0.13) | 0.66 (0.41) | 0.03 (0.09) | 0.19 (0.16) | −0.10 (0.14) |
Time to walk to HF (Ref: <30 mins)† | ||||||||
30–60 mins | −0.23 (0.23) | 0.001 (0.06) | −0.05 (0.07) | −0.11 (0.07) | −0.18 (0.21) | 0.01 (0.05) | 0.09 (0.08) | −0.15 (0.07)* |
>60 mins | −0.51 (0.23)* | −0.12 (0.06)* | −0.09 (0.06) | −0.19 (0.07)** | −0.37 (0.21) | 0.05 (0.05) | 0.04 (0.08) | −0.21 (0.07)** |
Disability (Ref: No)† | ||||||||
Yes | 0.06 (0.29) | −0.09 (0.07) | 0.05 (0.08) | −0.03 (0.08) | −0.24 (0.24) | 0.03 (0.06) | 0.18 (0.10) | −0.08 (0.09) |
Employment (Ref: Yes)† | ||||||||
No | −0.14 (0.21) | 0.04 (0.05) | 0.14 (0.06)* | −0.19 (0.06)** | 0.08 (0.20) | 0.04 (0.04) | −0.03 (0.07) | −0.14 (0.07)* |
Visits frequency in 2 years (Ref: 3–5)† | ||||||||
>5 times | 0.16 (0.19) | −0.09 (0.05) | 0.13 (0.05)* | −0.16 (0.06)** | −0.21 (0.17) | 0.02 (0.04) | 0.18 (0.07) | 0.07 (0.06) |
Self-rated health (Ref: VP/P/F)† | ||||||||
G/VG | 0.43 (0.19)* | 0.05 (0.05) | 0.05 (0.05) | 0.10 (0.06) | 0.08 (0.17) | 0.06 (0.04) | 0.09 (0.07) | 0.18 (0.06)** |
Satisfaction (Ref: VP/P/F)† | ||||||||
G/VG | 1.41 (0.19)** | 0.07 (0.05) | 0.37 (0.05)** | 0.24 (0.06)** | 0.35 (0.17)* | 0.17 (0.04)** | 0.18 (0.07) | 0.39 (0.06)** |
Years affiliated with HF(Ref: 6 months to 2 years)† | ||||||||
2–4 years | −0.14 (0.36) | −0.01 (0.09) | −0.08 (0.10) | 0.04 (0.10) | −0.61 (0.39) | −0.03 (0.07) | −0.02 (0.12) | −0.05 (0.11) |
>4 years | −0.19 (0.26) | 0.02 (0.07) | −0.11 (0.07) | 0.03 (0.08) | −0.33 (0.24) | −0.11 (0.05)* | 0.02 (0.09) | −0.04 (0.08) |
Type of health facility (Ref: Neno hosp)‡ | ||||||||
Neno HCs | −0.11 (0.33) | −0.07 (0.08) | 0.02 (0.09) | 0.66 (0.10)** | 1.03 (0.35)** | −0.68 (0.07)** | 0.20 (0.12) | −0.25 (0.10) |
Thyolo HCs | 3.77 (0.30)** | −1.35 (0.07)** | −0.12 (0.08) | 0.22 (0.09)* | −0.89 (0.32)** | −1.64 (0.06)** | −0.18 (0.11)* | −0.70 (0.09)** |
Thyolo hospital | 0.36 (0.35) | −0.03 (0.09) | −0.03 (0.09) | 0.68 (0.10)** | −0.37 (0.36) | 0.04 (0.07) | −0.18 (0.12) | −0.11 (0.11)** |
Blantyre HCs | 2.87 (0.31)** | −0.69 (0.08)** | −0.17 (0.08)* | −0.04 (0.09) | −1.10 (0.31)** | −0.83 (0.06)** | −0.45 (0.11)** | −0.70 (0.10)** |
R2 | 30.0% | 37.7% | 9.0% | 15.7% | 22.4% | 54.4% | 5.7% | 14.6% |
†Unadjusted linear regression models.
‡Linear regression models adjusted for sociodemographic, healthcare and health characteristics of patients.
*P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01.
HCs, health centres; HF, health facility.