Table 4 Multilevel model to assess the association between the percentage of EMM use and treatment success rate

Intercept

88.5483

3.9113

22.64

 < 0.0001*

Percent EMM

0.0206

0.0071

2.92

0.0036*

(Quarter-1)

0.4369

0.5536

0.79

0.4302

(Quarter-2)

0.6990

0.4944

1.41

0.1577

(Quarter-3)

0.6088

0.5173

1.18

0.2395

(Quarter-4)

Ref

-

-

-

(TB desighosp-1)

3.5076

3.3611

1.04

0.2969

(TB desighosp-2)

2.3195

3.5535

0.65

0.5141

(TB desighosp-4)

Ref

-

-

-

County population

0.0317

0.0108

2.95

0.0033*

Xpert

– 0.4626

0.4072

– 1.14

0.2563

Percent pdst

0.0418

0.0250

1.67

0.0949

Percent mdst

0.0366

0.0229

1.60

0.1105

Percent elderly

– 0.0417

0.0173

– 2.42

0.0159*

Percent male

0.0274

0.0161

1.71

0.0883

Percent unemployed

0.0118

0.0124

0.95

0.3436

Percent prevtreat

0.0027

0.0320

0.08

0.9340

Percent bact confirm

– 0.0913

0.0250

– 3.65

0.0003*

Percent ptb

0.0188

0.0150

1.25

0.2114

Percent migrant

– 0.0054

0.0138

– 0.39

0.6962

ζ(county)^a

2.1801

0.4993

4.37

 < 0.0001*

Residual

15.1273

0.6680

22.65

 < 0.0001*