1998 to 2002 | 2006 to 2010 | P-valueof coefficient equality test | |||||||
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Main predictors of interest | Estimate coefficient | SE b | 95% CIs c | P- value | Estimate coefficient | SE b | 95% CIs c | P- value | |
Measure of public health need | |||||||||
Age-adjusted mortality | -97.07 | 33.42 | [-162.58 to -31.56] | .004 | 108.90 | 61.86 | [-12.35 to 230.15] | .078 | .004 |
Physician densityd | -5.55 | 4.32 | [-14.02 to 2.92] | .199 | 64.80 | 6.79 | [51.5 to 78.11] | < .001 | < .001 |
Measure of residential quality | |||||||||
Urban centre | -26.71 | 11.99 | [-50.21 to -3.21] | .026 | 68.81 | 17.05 | [35.4 to 102.22] | < .001 | < .001 |
Suburban | -5.86 | 5.33 | [-16.31 to 4.59] | .272 | -5.04 | 8.05 | [-20.83 to 10.74] | .531 | .933 |
Rural area | Reference | Reference | |||||||
SES composite indexe | 6.96 | 3.77 | [-0.43 to 14.35] | .065 | 18.64 | 5.72 | [7.42 to 29.86] | .001 | .089 |