Street-level workers’ inadequate knowledge and application of exemption policies in Burkina Faso jeopardize the achievement of universal health coverage: evidence from a cross-sectional survey

Table 3 Comparison of means of selected districts (percentages of health workers knowing/applying the indigent and delivery directives)

DISTRICTS	(1) Knowledge of indigent exemptions (%)	N	(2) Application of indigent exemptions (recoded) (%)	N	(3) Knowledge of delivery exemptions (%)	N	(4) Application of delivery exemptions (recoded) (%)	N
Boromo	7.14	28	3.70	27	53.57*	28	53.57**	28
Nouna	30.30***	132	21.49***	121	50.00***	134	43.28***	134
Manga	6.67	30	3.45	29	3.33	30	3.33	30
Kaya	2.30	174	1.16	173	6.90***	174	3.45***	174
Kongoussi	1.19	84	0.00	83	16.87	83	15.66	83
Nanoro	9.52	21	0.00	19	61.90**	21	61.90**	21
Bousse	26.67**	45	17.07**	41	37.78	45	35.56	45
Gourcy	3.57	84	1.20	83	14.29	84	10.71	84
Batie	4.35	23	0.00	19	73.91***	23	68.18***	22
Diebougou	6.25	32	0.00	41	59.38**	32	59.38***	32
All other districts	8.12	850	4.19	836	25.71	848	23.40	846
Total	9.18	1503	4.98	1472	26.96	1502	24.21	1499

Selected districts with positive and significant relationships with the dependent variables. Districts grouped in “other” were all those whose value deviated from the weighted average of the outcome indicators by no more than one point in either direction. Multiple comparison test applying Sidak correction. Comparison of means of specific district vs. category “all other districts”. Significance levels: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

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