Table 2 Profile of clients accessing care in intervention and control health facilities
Baseline (2012) | Follow-up (2014) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variables | Intervention | Control | Mean Diff | Intervention | Control | Mean Diff | ||
Total clinic attendance | Obs. | Mean (SD)* | Mean (SD)* | Mean* | Obs. | Mean (SD)* | Mean (SD)* | Mean* |
OPD/IPD clients | 64 | 952 (692) | 1071 (880) | −120 | 63 | 1453 (1329) | 1185 (1165) | 268 |
Gender disaggregation | ||||||||
Male clients | 64 | 918 (664) | 1056 (862) | − 138 | 63 | 432 (387) | 359 (328) | 73 |
Female clients | 64 | 609 (427) | 673 (566) | −64 | 63 | 1021 (981) | 827 (868) | 195 |
Age disaggregation | ||||||||
Under 5 years | 46 | 181 (158) | 232 (235) | −51 | 63 | 291 (343) | 280 (330) | 10 |
5 years+ | 46 | 135 (183) | 103 (99) | 32 | 63 | 299.7 (388) | 192 (166) | 107 |
Income groups of clients | ||||||||
Very low income | 64 | 19 (19) | 20 (22) | 0.72 | 63 | 17.2 (13.7) | 16.6 (13.7) | 0.66 |
Low income | 64 | 21 (12) | 21 (13) | 0.22 | 63 | 43.48 (25.5) | 34.75 (23.6) | 8.73 |
Middle income | 64 | 18 (8) | 21 (14) | −3 | 63 | 28.9 (23.8) | 35.3 (23.9) | −6.3 |
High income | 64 | 42 (23) | 38 (24) | 4 | 63 | 10.35 (14) | 13.4 (18.5) | −3.05 |
Clinic efficiency | ||||||||
Average bed occupancy rate | 64 | 32.4%(27.9) | 32.5%(26.5) | −0.09 | 63 | 32.4%(26.7) | 25.1%(22.0) | 7.26 |
Average length of inpatient stay | 64 | 1.75 (2.5) | 1.63 (1.5) | 0.125 | 38 | 1.194 (0.60) | 1.70 (2.3) | 0.51 |