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Table 3 Three models estimating the relationship between health equity (U5MR quintile ratio), governance (RLTC and SEO) and 9 covariates representing healthcare, finance/economy, education, and physical infrastructure1.

From: Health systems performance in sub-Saharan Africa: governance, outcome and equity

 

U5MR Quintile Ratio

 

Model 4 (28 < n <30)

Model 5 (n = 25)

Model 6 (n = 25)

 

β/r

p

β

p

β

p

Healthcare

      

Births Attended %

.32

.09

.31

.30

.32

.34

Immunisation %

.24

.19

.15

.55

.10

.72

Hospital Beds/10,000

.07

.73

-.73

.04

-.73

.06

Finance

      

GNI (transformed) $

.35

.06

-.04

.92

-.14

.77

Health Expenditure $

.53

<.001

.88

.01

.85

.02

Education

      

Enrolments (female) %

.25

.20

-.18

.44

-.24

.40

Adult Literacy %

.23

.24

.42

.18

.36

.35

Physical Infrastructure

      

Water %

.15

.43

-.42

.21

-.47

.25

Sanitation %

.33

.08

.27

.23

.27

.25

Governance

      

RLTC

.32

.09

  

.10

.77

SEO

.42

.02

  

.19

.71

Adjusted R-squared

  

.30

.21

  1. 1Model 4 examines the bivariate relationship. Model 5 examines the multivariate relationship between the covariates and health outcome in the absence of the measures of governance. Model 6 examines the multivariate relationship between health outcome and governance, adjusting for the covariates.
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