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Table 1 Association between attending nearest clinic and transferring out

From: Monitoring the impact of decentralised chronic care services on patient travel time in rural Africa - methods and results in Northern Malawi

Time period

 

Transferred % (n/N)

Risk Ratio (95% CI)

Sep 06- Jan 08

Not in nearest clinic

65.1 (121/186)

3.11 (2.72-3.56)

 

In nearest clinic

20.9 (418/1998)

 

Feb 08 – Aug 09

Not in nearest clinic

23.8 (145/610)

2.30 (1.94-2.72)

 

In nearest clinic

10.3 (370/3577)

 
  1. P-value likelihood ratio test for difference between time periods = 0.007.
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International Journal of Health Geographics

ISSN: 1476-072X