Determinants affecting utilisation of health services and treatment for children under-5 in rural Nepali health centres: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Univariable and multivariable linear regression of number of ARIs day using multiple imputation analysis

	ARI (n = 8651)
	Coef	95% CI	P-Value	Adj Coef	95% CI	P-Value
Health facility district
Gorkha	REF			REF
Sindhupalchowk	0.17	-0.32, 0.66	0.494	0.72	0.18, 1.26	0.009
Humla	0.94	0.41, 1.47	0.001	1.05	0.44, 1.65	0.001
Mugu	1.18	0.85, 1.52	< 0.001	0.38	-0.26, 1.03	0.240
Bajura	0.65	0.09, 1.20	0.022	0.72	0.18, 1.26	0.009
Visit year Nepali year
2070 to 2073	REF			REF
2074 to 2076	-0.40	-0.81, 0.01	0.058	-0.30	-0.69, 0.09	0.134
Ethnicity
Dalit	REF			REF
Janajati	-0.68	-1.03, -0.32	< 0.001	-0.18	-0.85, 0.49	0.602
Brahmin/Chhetri	-0.09	-0.40, 0.22	0.567	0.21	-0.25, 0.66	0.375
Others	-0.26	-0.48, -0.04	0.021	-0.47	-0.76, -0.17	0.002
Sex
Female	REF			REF
Male	-0.15	-0.33, 0.02	0.086	0.27	-0.11, 0.64	0.162
Age (months)	-0.01	-0.02, -0.00	0.002	-0.01	-0.01, 0.00	0.087
Temperature (°C)	-0.30	-0.49, -0.10	0.003	-0.26	-0.47, -0.05	0.015
Referred
No	REF			REF
Yes	-0.41	-0.84, 0.01	0.055	-0.35	-0.79, 0.09	0.119
GDS
No	REF			REF
Yes	1.03	-0.19, 2.24	0.097	0.98	-0.20, 2.16	0.102
Diarrhoea
No	REF			REF
Yes	0.42	0.15, 0.68	0.002	0.29	0.02, 0.56	0.034
Ear Infection
No	REF
Yes	0.15	-0.61, 0.92	0.681
Fever
No	REF			REF
Yes	-0.37	-0.67, -0.06	0.018	-0.14	-0.47, 0.20	0.428
*Interaction: GenderEthnicity**
Male Dalit				-0.10	-0.54, 0.34	0.659
Male Janajati				-0.55	-1.03, -0.07	0.025
Male Brahmin/Chhetri				-0.73	-1.17, -0.29	0.001

Also adjusted for visit year; Muslim and Madhesi removed due to sample size; ARI = Acute Respiratory Infection; CI = Confidence Interval; °C = degrees Celsius; GDS = General Danger Sign; REF = Reference category

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