Motivation to test, treat, and report malaria cases: a quantitative assessment among private sector providers in the Greater Mekong Subregion

Table 6 Lao PDR predicted external and internal motivation scores

Lao PDR		Mean scores
Lao PDR		External motivation	Internal motivation
Provider characteristics
Overall	Overall mean score	0.000	0.000
	SD	0.017	0.225
	Min	− 0.059	0.798
	Max	0.014	0.185
Gender	Female	− 0.001	− 0.009
Gender	Male	0.002	0.029
Region	Savannakhet	0.006	0.081
	Saravan	0.006	0.802
	Champasac	− 0.001	− 0.005
	Sekong	− 0.012	− 0.169
	Attapeu	− 0.008	− 0.102
Education level	High school	0.005	0.064
	Some college	− 0.001	− 0.011
	Higher	− 0.001	− 0.012
		Regression coefficient
Provider age (years)	Regression coefficient:	0.000	− 0.001
Outcomes
Willing to continue records/reporting if had to take reports to local health centre?	Yes	0.001	0.008
	No	− 0.002	− 0.025
Willing to continue records/sharing if could submit my phone or SMS	Yes	0.002	0.027
	No	− 0.005	− 0.064
Imagine that all of PSI’s support for your practice ended tomorrow. How would you …	I wouldn't restock	0.001	0.013
	Receive from the government	− 0.005	− 0.064
	Buy from another source	0.003	0.042
	Other	− 0.007	− 0.091
Time in programme (yrs)	Regression coefficient:	− 0.005	− 0.071

Bold scores indicate significant difference within group at the 5% level (ANOVA); significance of regression coefficients = * = 5%; ** = 1%; *** < 0.1%

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