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Table 2 Characteristics of non-integrated and integrated facilities (Malawi SPA 2013–2014) (n = 305)

From: Quality of family planning services in HIV integrated and non-integrated health facilities in Malawi and Tanzania

 

Non-Integrated (n = 184)

Integrated (n = 121)

Total (n = 305)

p-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

Managing Authority

      

0.155

 Government /Public

32

18.1

33

27.4

65

21.8

 

 Private (non-profit)a

33

17.7

20

16.4

53

17.2

 

 Private (for profit)b

119

64.2

68

56.1

187

61.0

 

Facility Type

      

0.016

 Dispensary

20

10.4

21

17.5

41

13.2

 

 Clinic

148

79.9

97

80.0

245

80.0

 

 Health post/ Maternityc

16

9.7

3

2.5

19

6.8

 

Location

      

0.156

 Urban

90

48.6

69

56.9

159

51.9

 

 Rural

94

51.4

52

43.1

146

48.2

 

Zone

      

0.006

 Northern

18

9.2

21

16.6

39

12.1

 

 Central east

30

16.0

7

5.7

37

11.9

 

 Central west

48

25.7

36

29.4

84

27.2

 

 Southeast

29

16.1

28

23.9

57

19.2

 

 Southwest

59

33.0

29

24.4

88

29.7

 
  1. aPrivate (non-profit) is composed of facilities that reported “Christian Health Association of Malawi (CHAM)”, “Mission/Faith-Based (Other than CHAM)”, or “non-government organization”
  2. bPrivate (for profit) is composed of facilities that reported a “Private (for profit)” or “Company” managing authority.
  3. cDue to the small number of maternities in the analytic sample, “Maternity” and “Health post” were collapsed into a single combined facility type
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