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Table 2 Estimates of the impact of provider specific factors on Xpert adoption

From: Integrating Xpert MTB/RIF for TB diagnosis in the private sector: evidence from large-scale pilots in Patna and Mumbai, India

 

Uptake

Utilization for diagnosis

Non-adherence to negative results

Patna

Mumbai

Patna

Mumbai

Patna

Mumbai

Cumulative patients seen till previous month (SE)

− 0.002 (0.004)

0.018** (0.008)

0.001 (0.0004)

−0.002* (0.001)

0.001*** (0.0003)

0.0004 (0.001)

Cumulative number of Xpert ordered till previous month (SE)

0.033*** (0.013)

−0.020 (0.014)

−0.001 (0.001)

0.006** (0.002)

−0.0004 (0.001)

0.0003 (0.001)

Number of patients seen this month (SE)

0.306*** (0.074)

0.494*** (0.031)

    

Number of notified cases with a diagnostic Xpert (SE)

  

0.551*** (0.045)

0.508*** (0.036)

  

Number of pulmonary notified TB cases

      

Number of patients with negative Xpert result (SE)

    

0.015 (0.010)

0.077*** (0.008)

Observations

8154

10,726

8154

10,726

8154

10,726

Adjusted R2

0.711

0.898

0.821

0.836

0.436

0.488

  1. Note: All models include provider and month fixed effects. *p < 0.1; **p < 0.05; ***p < 0.01