Table 8 Analysis of the RRT after excluding possible reticent participants (n = 69)
From: Assessing health workers’ revenues and coping strategies in Nigeria — a mixed-methods study
Question** | Ondo (n = 28) | Nasarawa (n = 41) | Total non-reticent (n = 69) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
% ‘Yes’ | % Practice* | P value | % ‘Yes’ | % Practice* | P value | % ‘Yes’ | % Practice* | P value | |
RR1: I sometimes give priority to my relatives when I am treating hospital patients. | 58.5 | 50.0 (31.5–68.5) | 0.014 | 80.5 | 61.0 (46.1–75.9) | 0.000 | 78.3 | 56.6 (44.9–68.3) | 0.000 |
RR2: I have enough drugs and equipment to do my work. | 75.0 | 50.0 (31.5–68.5) | 0.014 | 73.2 | 46.4 (31.1–61.7) | 0.005 | 73.9 | 47.8 (36.0–59.6) | 0.000 |
RR3: I give priority to my job activities that will enable me earn per-diems. | 75.0 | 57.2 (38.9–75.5) | 0.005 | 78.0 | 56 (40.8–71.2) | 0.001 | 78.3 | 56.6 (44.9–68.3) | 0.000 |
RR4: I sometimes go to a patient’s home to treat them for a fee. | 46.4 | 7.2 (16.8–2.4) | 0.850 | 58.5 | 17.0 (5.5–28.5) | 0.349 | 53.6 | 7.2 (1.1–13.3) | 0.630 |
RR5: I make more money from my supplementary sources than from my salary. | 67.9 | 35.8 (18.0–53.6) | 0.089 | 63.4 | 26.8 (13.2–40.4) | 0.118 | 65.2 | 30.4 (19.5–41.3) | 0.016 |
RR6: I sometimes accept money or gifts from patients to give them priority treatment. | 57.1 | 14.2 (1.3–27.1) | 0.571 | 73.2 | 46.4 (31.1–61.7) | 0.005 | 66.7 | 33.4 (22.3–44.5) | 0.008 |
RR7: I have referred patients from the public hospital to my private practice. | 53.6 | 7.2 (2.4–16.8) | 0.850 | 61.0 | 22.0 (9.3–34.7) | 0.212 | 58 | 16.0 (7.3–24.7) | 0.229 |
RR8: I have taken drugs and supplies from the hospital to help my patients at my private practice. | 64.3 | 28.6 (11.9–45.3) | 0.186 | 68.3 | 36.6 (21.9–51.3) | 0.029 | 66.7 | 33.4 (22.3–44.5) | 0.008 |
RR9: I sometimes have to leave some hours early from work to do my business. | 64.3 | 28.6 (11.9–45.3) | 0.186 | 53.7 | 7.4 (0.6–15.4) | 0.755 | 58 | 16.0 (7.3–24.7) | 0.229 |
RR10: I am sometimes one hour late to work. | 71.4 | 42.8 (24.5–61.1) | 0.038 | 58.5 | 17.0 (5.5–28.5) | 0.349 | 63.6 | 27.6 (17.1–38.1) | 0.03 |