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Table 3 Multivariate multilevel analysis of PMTCT performance by site-, program- and contextual-level predictors: nevirapine coverage ratio (NCR)

From: Scaling up prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programs in sub-Saharan African countries: a multilevel assessment of site-, program- and country-level determinants of performance

  

β Coefficient

p-value

(95% CI)

Site characteristics

   
 

Activity (antenatal care)

   
 

  < 30 / month

0 (ref)

-

 
 

  30 - 100 / month

-7.6

0.05

(-15.1 ; -0.06)

 

  >100 / month

-2.3

0.59

(-10.7 ; 6.1)

Country-level characteristics

   
 

Prevalence of HIV (% of population ages 15–49)

   
 

  <Median (1.2-5.4)

0 (ref)

-

 
 

  >Median (6.4-23.4)

25.1

<10-4

(18.7 ; 31.6)

 

% With knowledge about PMTCT

   
 

  <Median (2.7-33.1)

0 (ref)

-

 
 

  >Median (33.3-66.2)

8.3

0.04

(0.53 ; 16.0)

 

Health expenditure (% of GDP*)

3.9

<10-4

(2.0 ; 5.8)

 

Rural population (% of total population)

-0.74

<10-4

(-1.0 ; -0.46)

  1. *Gross Domestic Product.