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Table 2 Regression estimates from the pooled cross-sectional time series analysis of all-cause mortality per 100,000 population

From: Health system outcomes and determinants amenable to public health in industrialized countries: a pooled, cross-sectional time series analysis

Variables

Model 1 Estimate (S.E.)

Model 2 Estimate (S.E.)

Model 3 Estimate (S.E.)

Model 4 Estimate (S.E.)

Model 5 Estimate (S.E.)

Constant

949.32*** (45.75)

1,256.36*** (64.55)

1,487.51*** (80.04)

1,548.45*** (91.38)

1,491.87*** (93.78)

Tobacco

0.03*** (0.01)

0.03*** (0.01)

0.02** (0.01)

0.01 (0.01)

0.01 (0.01)

Alcohol

8.59*** (1.49)

8.59*** (1.50)

6.56*** (1.46)

8.03*** (1.46)

8.61*** (1.52)

Fat consumption

 

9.44*** (1.66)

9.83*** (1.91)

9.83*** (1.91)

8.46*** (1.96)

Fruit/vegetable consumption

 

-0.20* (0.08)

-0.03 (0.09)

-0.10 (0.09)

-0.19* (0.09)

Protein consumption

 

-3.22*** (0.57)

-4.25*** (0.70)

-3.93*** (0.76)

-3.52*** (0.72)

Air Pollution

  

0.13 (0.20)

0.46 (0.25) P = 0.07

0.48 (0.26) P = 0.06

Collective health expenditure

  

-72.44*** (18.02)

-68.98*** (18.08)

-48.95* (19.13)

Healthcare coverage

  

-1.89*** (0.30)

-1.73*** (0.31)

-1.44*** (0.32)

DTP immunization

   

-1.39*** (0.31)

-1.39*** (0.31)

Measles immunization

   

-0.88** (0.27)

-0.88** (0.27)

Elderly

4.55* (2.26)

1.47 (2.04)

0.60 (2.19)

4.83* (2.19)

4.87* (2.12)

Physician density

-103.65*** (6.34)

-47.81*** (7.52)

-49.04*** (8.07)

-20.57* (8.07)

-3.92 (8.74)

Doctor visits

-15.55*** (1.75)

-9.57*** (1.70)

-4.90** (1.80)

-5.31** (1.71)

-3.60* (1.68)

GDP per capita

-0.003*** (0.0004)

-0.006*** (0.0005)

-0.006*** (0.0005)

-0.005*** (0.0005)

-0.005*** (0.0005)

1980s fixed effects++

    

-60.78*** (9.93)

1990s fixed effects++

    

-83.04*** (14.11)

F change

-

38.44#

15.03#

26.57#

17.32#

Adjusted R 2

0.57

0.66

0.79

0.72

0.74

  1. S.E.: standard error of estimate; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ++decade time effects to eliminate omitted-variable bias due to unobserved heterogeneity with reference to 1970s baseline; #significantly better than preceding model and model 1 (P < 0.000); n = 451