Table 4 Sensitivity analysis on the impact of the war on patient visits in the inpatient, outpatient, and emergency departments, ACSH, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2017–2021 (N = 1,064,340)
Service area | Coefficient (95% CI) | SE | t-test | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Inpatient | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Level change after war, \(\beta\)4 | -868.7(-1,059.8, -677.5.0) | 94.7 | -9.2 | < 0.001 |
Trend change due to war, \(\beta\)5 | 43.2(6.1, 80.4) | 18.4 | 2.3 | 0.024 |
Outpatient | Â | |||
Level change after war, \(\beta\)4 | -21,084.7(-24,012.9, -18,156.5) | 1,451.0 | -14.5 | < 0.001 |
Trend change due to war, \(\beta\)5 | 1,361.6(792.7, 1930.6) | 281.9 | 4.8 | < 0.001 |
Emergency | Â | |||
Level change after war, \(\beta\)4 | -2,343.0(-2,901.0, -1,785.0) | 276.5 | -8.4 | < 0.001 |
Trend change due to war, \(\beta\)5 | 163.5(55.0, 271.9) | 53.7 | 3.0 | 0.004 |