Table 5 Association between predictors and total primary care scores, access and comprehensiveness of services available mean scores with unstandardized beta values among 631 patients attending outpatient clinics in Neno, Malawi (August – September, 2016)^a

 Reference

15.8

15.1, 16.4

 Facility F

2.3

1.6, 3.1

< 0.001

 Upper Neno

0.9

0.4, 1.4

< 0.001

 Self-rated health = good

1.1

0.3, 1.3

< 0.001

 Duration of contact > 4 years

0.8

0.6, 1.7

0.001

 Education >at least secondary

−0.8

−1.3, −0.2

0.011

 Self -rated health = very good/excellent

0.9

0.2, 1.6

0.013

 Acute presentation

−0.6

−1.1, − 0.1

0.017

 Male sex

0.5

0.03, 1.0

0.036

  Unadjusted R²

  Adjusted R²

 Reference

2.9

2.9, 3.1

 Facility F

0.8

0.8, 1.0

< 0.001

 Facility G

−0.8

−0.8, −0.6

< 0.001

 Facility H

−0.6

−0.6, − 0.4

< 0.001

 Facility I

− 0.3

− 0.3, − 0.1

0.001

 chronic condition

−0.2

− 0.2, − 0.1

0.003

 Cost of travel >MK500

0.1

0.1, 0.3

0.047

 Unadjusted R²

 Adjusted R²

 Reference

2.0

1.9, 2.2

 Upper Neno

0.9

0.7, 1.1

< 0.001

 Facility B

1.2

1.0, 1.5

< 0.001

 Facility C

−1.2

−1.5, −1.0

< 0.001

 Facility D

−1.1

− 1.4, −0.9

< 0.001

  Facility F

−0.9

− 1.1, − 0.7

< 0.001

 Education >at least secondary

− 0.2

− 0.4, − 0.1

0.002

 Travel time > 1 h

0.2

0.03, 0.3

0.012

 Self -health rating = very good/excellent

0.1

0.01, 0.2

0.04

 Unadjusted R²

 Adjusted R²