Table 5

CHC Characteristics Associated With Number of Patients Each Physician Saw Per Day

Characteristic	Coefficient (95% CI)	P Value
Structure of CHC
Size of catchment area (per 10,000-person increment)	−0.01 (−0.03 to 0.01)	.46
Origin of CHC
Converted from Class B/C hospital	5.20 (−3.58 to 13.99)	.24
Private enterprise	11.05 (1.28 to 20.82)	.03^a
Number of days open per week	−3.76 (−7.24 to −0.28)	.04^a
Daily staff composition (per 1–staff member increment)
Pharmacists	1.89 (0.72 to 3.06)	.002^a
Specialists	−0.08 (−0.86 to 0.71)	.85
Dentists	0.52 (−2.23 to 3.26)	.70
Nurses	0.32 (0.12 to 0.52)	.002^a
Managers	0.10 (−0.70 to 0.89)	.81
Services available
Number of services^b	−3.28 (−5.81 to −0.76)	.01^a
On-site testing available
Radiography	−1.03 (−8.22 to 6.16)	.78
Blood testing	4.18 (−13.57 to 21.92)	.64
Ultrasound	2.00 (−11.72 to 15.72)	.77
Hepatitis B serology	−5.16 (−14.36 to 4.04)	.27
Rapid HIV test	−5.21 (−11.84 to 1.42)	.12
Rapid pregnancy test	−2.30 (−12.22 to 7.63)	.65
Rapid syphilis test	4.42 (−1.64 to 10.48)	.15

CHC = community health center.
↵a P <.05 by multivariate linear regression analysis.
↵b Out of 7 possible services: traditional Chinese medicine, sexually transmitted infections diagnosis and management, drug dispensing, family planning/reproductive health, maternal and infant care services, vaccination services, and mental health care.