1998 to 2002 | 2006 to 2010 | P-valueof coefficient equality test | |||||||
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Main predictors of interest | Estimated coefficient | SE b | 95% CIs c | P- value | Estimated coefficient | SE b | 95% CIs c | P- value | |
Measure of public health need | |||||||||
Age-adjusted mortality | -30.98 | 16.38 | [-63.08 to 1.12] | .059 | 49.23 | 25.59 | [-0.93 to 99.39] | .0544 | .009 |
Hospital physician densityd | 9.90 | 3.02 | [3.98 to 15.83] | .001 | 23.53 | 3.87 | [15.95 to 31.1] | < .001 | .006 |
Clinic physician densitye | -17.27 | 6.96 | [-30.92 to -3.63] | .013 | -19.64 | 8.58 | [-36.46 to -2.83] | .022 | .830 |
Measure of residential quality | |||||||||
Urban centre | 2.90 | 5.87 | [-8.6 to 14.39] | .622 | 21.00 | 7.08 | [7.12 to 34.88] | .003 | .050 |
Suburban | -4.84 | 2.62 | [-9.97 to 0.29] | .064 | 1.50 | 3.34 | [-5.05 to 8.04] | .654 | .136 |
Rural area | Reference | Reference | |||||||
SES composite indexf | 7.55 | 1.81 | [4.01 to 11.1] | <.001 | 8.57 | 2.37 | [3.93 to 13.21] | < .001 | .734 |