| |
1998 to 2002
|
2006 to 2010
|
P-valueof coefficient equality test
|
|---|
|
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
|
- aThe models included the control variables: total population, number of primary school students per number of primary schools, crime rate, discomfort index calculated by temperature and humidity, hospital beds per 1,000 population, and the presence or absence of medical schools.
- bStandard error.
- cConfidence intervals.
- dRatio of number of physicians working at the hospitals to population.
- eRatio of number of physicians working at the clinics to population.
- fSocioeconomic status (SES) composite index was created from the percent of the population with a college-level education, percent of white-collar workers, the unemployment rate, and per capita income.
