Table 3

Primary care dimension mean scores in South West health zone, Malawi, in July and August 2018, shown by district

Characteristic	Total (95% CI)	Neno (95% CI)	Thyolo (95% CI)	Blantyre (95% CI)
Sample size	962	303	358	301
First contact—access	2.6 (2.5 to 2.7)	3.1 (3.0 to 3.2)**	2.3 (2.2 to 2.4)**#	2.5 (2.4 to 2.6)**#
Communication continuity	3.4 (3.3 to 3.5)	3.6 (3.5 to 3.7)*	3.4 (3.3 to 3.5)*	3.4 (3.3 to 3.5)*
Relational Continuity	1.8 (1.7 to 1.9)	1.9 (1.8 to 2.0)**	2.0 (1.9 to 2.1)##	1.6 (1.5 to 1.7)**##
Coordination	2.0 (1.8 to 2.2)	3.1 (2.8 to 3.4)**	1.8 (1.5 to 2.1)**	1.7 (1.5 to 1.9)**
Comprehensiveness
Services available	2.3 (2.2 to 2.4)	2.7 (2.6 to 2.8)**	2.0 (1.9 to 2.1)**#	2.2 (2.1 to 2.3)**#
Services provided	2.5 (2.4 to 2.6)	2.7 (2.6 to 2.8)**	2.5 (2.4 to 2.6)**#	2.3 (2.2 to 2.4)**#
Community orientation	2.9 (2.8 to 3.0)	3.2 (3.1 to 3.3)**	2.8 (2.7 to 2.9)**	2.7 (2.6 to 2.8)**
Total PCAT-Mw score	17.5 (17.3 to 17.7)	20.3 (20.0 to 20.6)**	16.8 (16.4 to 17.2)**	16.4 (16.1 to 16.7)**

Based on ANOVA Bonferroni post-hoc means test.
*P<0.05, **P<0.01 comparing Neno and Thyolo and Blantyre.
#P<0.05, ##P<0.01 comparing Thyolo and Blantyre.
ANOVA, analysis of variance; PCAT-Mw, Malawian version of the primary care assessment set of tools.