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Table 8 Mean, standard deviation and effect of measures to closest facility on use of facility for delivery, n = 9,306 births

From: Methods to measure potential spatial access to delivery care in low- and middle-income countries: a case study in rural Ghana

Distance to closest delivery facility

Compound as origin

Village centroid as origin

 

Mean (SD)

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Mean (SD)

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Euclidean (km)

3.09 (4.67)

0.33 (0.27-0.40)

<0.001

3.09 (4.68)

0.33 (0.27-0.40)

<0.001

Network distance(km)

3.85 (5.39)

0.33 (0.26-0.42)

<0.001

3.73 (5.40)

0.33 (0.26-0.43)

<0.001

Mechanized network time (hr)

0.25 (0.17)

0.74 (0.55-0.98)

0.038

0.20 (0.17)

0.84 (0.60-1.17)

0.30

Non-mechanized network time (hr)

1.06 (1.34)

0.33 (0.26-0.43)

<0.001

1.01 (1.34)

0.34 (0.27-0.43)

<0.001

Mechanized raster time (hr)

0.28 (0.26)

0.71 (0.58-0.87)

0.001

0.23 (0.26)

0.91 (0.65-1.27)

0.57

Non-mechanized raster time (hr)

1.16 (1.43)

0.33 (0.26-0.43)

<0.001

1.12 (1.42)

0.53 (0.28-0.45)

<0.001

Distance to closest CEmOC

Mean (SD)

OR (95 % CI)

p-value

Mean (SD)

OR (95 % CI)

p-value

Euclidean (km)

12.40 (15.05)

0.41 (0.33-0.50)

<0.001

12.34 (15.03)

0.41 (0.33-0.50)

<0.001

Network distance (km)

14.94 (17.25)

0.45 (0.36-0.56)

<0.001

14.81 (17.20)

0.45 (0.36-0.56)

<0.001

Mechanized network time (hr)

 0.41 (0.26)

0.50 (0.39-0.63)

<0.001

 0.37 (0.24)

0.53 (0.42-0.68)

<0.001

Non-mechanized network time (hr)

 3.83 (4.30)

0.45 (0.53-0.83)

<0.001

 3.78 (4.28)

0.45 (0.36-0.46)

<0.001

Mechanized raster time (hr)

 0.47 (0.35)

0.66 (0.32-0.72)

<0.001

 0.40 (0.32)

0.76 (0.54-1.08)

0.122

Non-mechanized raster time (hr)

 4.00 (4.43)

0.45 (0.36-0.46)

<0.001

 3.93 (4.38)

0.46 (0.37-0.57)

<0.001

  1. Note: all measures are standardized to mean = (approx.) 0 & standard deviation = 1.