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Table 3 Percentage of scheduled services delivered to clients in 4–15 age care plan group

From: Preventive medical care in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory: a follow-up study of the impact of clinical guidelines, computerised recall and reminder systems, and audit and feedback

Services*

Baseline

6 months

1 year

2 years

3 years

OR§ (95%CI)

P value for trend

Basic measures

       

   Weight

87% (30)

61% (31)

92% (26)

90% (29)

75% (51)

0.96 (0.69–1.32)

0.793

   Height

53% (30)

23% (30)

78% (23)

83% (29)

45% (53)

1.07 (0.83–1.39)

0.601

   Hearing

25% (12)

20% (10)

100% (9)

64% (11)

23% (22)

0.89 (0.59–1.36)

0.603

   Urinalysis

33% (6)

13% (8)

67% (9)

67% (9)

25% (12)

1.01 (0.58–1.74)

0.980

Clinical examination

       

   Vision test

30% (23)

25% (20)

71 (14)

60% (15)

24% (42)

0.90 (0.66–1.23)

0.502

   Ear examination

73% (11)

63% (8)

88% (8)

100% (14)

91% (22)

1.97 (0.99–3.90)

0.053

Vaccination

       

   Immunisation

83% (30)

72% (29)

83% (24)

86% (29)

66% (53)

0.76 (0.54–1.06)

0.104

   Deworming

49% (80)

35% (80)

52% (79)

56% (81)

62% (53)

1.31 (1.06–1.61)

0.013

  1. * Denominators in brackets are the number of most recent scheduled services (within the preceding 12 months of each audit) according to guidelines, which varied at each audit depending on the age of the child and the scheduled frequency of the service. §Odds ratio (OR) represents the average changing of probability for the delivery of each service with the increase of one unit of time (1 year), adjusted for the recent attendance at health centres using two-level logistic random-effects model.