Factors associated with children’s health facility visits for primaquine treatment in rural Papua New Guinea

Table 2 Three-level logistic regression of factors associated with PQ prescription during the second visit to HF

Variable	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Gender of patients (female = 0/male = 1)	1.23 [0.68, 2.23]	0.49
Age of patients (year)	1.05 [0.96, 1.15]	0.31
Age of caregivers (year)	1.03 [0.99, 1.06]	0.16
Educational level of caregivers (year)	1.02 [0.92, 1.14]	0.66
Marital status of caregivers (married = 1)
Unmarried	1.08 [0.17, 6.88]	0.94
Divorced/separated	1.78 [0.37, 8.52]	0.47
Widowed	0.25 [0.03, 2.19]	0.21
Household size	0.92 [0.81, 1.04]	0.19
Wealth status (Lower = 1)
Middle	0.82 [0.40, 1.68]	0.59
Upper	0.73 [0.35, 1.52]	0.41
Transportation cost to HF (PNG Kina)	0.85 [0.77, 0.94]	0.002
Place of initial visit (VHV = 0/HF = 1)	1.94 [1.01, 3.71]	0.047

Transportation cost to the HF (p = 0.002) and place of initial visit (p = 0.047) were significantly affected PQ prescription during the second visit to an HF. The significance level was p < 0.05
VHV village health volunteer, HF health facility, OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval