Healthcare waste management practices and safety indicators in Nigeria

BMC Public Health

Table 6 Heteroscedasticity Corrected Parameters of Determinants of Safe Waste Management Indices in Nigeria

	Safe Sharp Disposal Index			Safe Non-Sharp Waste Disposal Index			Tolerance
Variables	Coefficients	Robust Std. Error.	t-stat	Coefficients	Robust Std. Error.	t-stat	1/VIF
Staff received training on waste management	0.0870	0.0578	1.51	0.1159	0.0576	2.01	85.06
Southern states	−0.1408	0.0582	−2.42	−0.3251	0.0609	−5.34	80.39
Rural healthcare facilities	0.2264	0.0560	4.04	0.0845	0.0563	1.50	80.45
Public healthcare facilities	−0.1510	0.0860	−1.76	−0.1581	0.0948	−1.67	85.84
Dispensaries/health center	−0.2095	0.0658	−3.18	−0.2706	0.0689	−3.93	74.19
Traveling hours to headquarters	−0.0706	0.0324	−2.18	0.0104	0.0334	0.31	85.45
Electricity	0.0833	0.0563	1.48	0.0595	0.0538	1.11	60.47
Generators	0.1357	0.0723	1.88	0.1577	0.0728	2.17	64.17
Batteries as second power source	0.3293	0.3032	1.09	0.1991	0.3066	0.65	97.30
Solar panel as second power	0.3885	0.2601	1.49	0.6420	0.3006	2.14	94.11
Other source of power	0.0122	0.1500	0.08	0.0116	0.1719	0.07	93.97
Improved source of water	0.0283	0.0474	0.60	0.0352	0.0466	0.76	88.90
Number of outpatient hours per day	−0.0015	0.0036	−0.41	0.0024	0.0035	0.67	77.30
Waste management guidelines	0.3281	0.0661	4.96	0.3844	0.0681	5.65	87.39
Constant	0.2095	0.1395	1.50	0.1615	0.1469	1.10
F(14,2465)	8.01			8.28
Prob > F	0.0000			0.0000
Adj R-squared	0.0488			0.0686
Breusch-Pagan /Cook-Weisberg	187.35 ***			553.06 ***
Mean VIF	1.33

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