Table 4

Changes in utilisation rates at all 13 major primary healthcare centres in Ifanadiana, 2013–2016

IndicatorHealth centreMean 2013 (SD)Mean 2014 (SD)Mean 2015 (SD)Mean 2016 (SD)Annual changeAnnual difference
Outpatient consultations (per person-year)
 All patientsNot supported (RoD)0.275 (0.232)0.332 (0.375)0.349 (0.34)0.236 (0.168)−0.010.189*
PIVOT supported0.258 (0.154)0.532 (0.303)0.819 (0.434)0.758 (0.309)0.179
 Children under-fiveNot supported (RoD)0.517 (0.426)0.744 (0.708)0.82 (0.77)0.592 (0.454)0.030.211
PIVOT supported0.376 (0.222)1.004 (0.473)1.348 (0.733)1.067 (0.301)0.242
Maternal consultations (per person-year)
 Prenatal (first visit)Not supported (RoD)0.849 (0.525)0.782 (0.484)0.953 (0.506)0.989 (0.477)0.0590.01
PIVOT supported0.78 (0.316)0.917 (0.354)0.952 (0.362)0.998 (0.372)0.069
 Prenatal (four visits)Not supported (RoD)0.264 (0.336)0.334 (0.424)0.354 (0.413)0.418 (0.47)0.0480.023
PIVOT supported0.202 (0.125)0.215 (0.145)0.334 (0.177)0.399 (0.236)0.071
 DeliveriesNot supported (RoD)0.141 (0.161)0.222 (0.219)0.271 (0.229)0.367 (0.273)0.073−0.001
PIVOT supported0.128 (0.123)0.218 (0.13)0.258 (0.119)0.354 (0.187)0.072
 PostnatalNot supported (RoD)0.086 (0.132)0.118 (0.223)0.325 (0.439)0.467 (0.547)0.1350.095‡
PIVOT supported0.004 (0.013)0.096 (0.138)0.414 (0.386)0.665 (0.513)0.23
  • *P<0.05; ‡ P<0.1.

  • RoD, rest of the district.