Table 5 Relationship between health worker density and under-five mortality
From: Measuring inequalities in the distribution of health workers: the case of Tanzania
Dependent variable | R2 | Independent variables | Coefficient | Standard error | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under-five deaths and health worker density. Linear model | |||||
Under-five deaths per capita | 0.125 | Medical officers/capita (MO) | 4.56 | 4.57 | 0.321 |
Clinical officers/capita (CO) | -3.28 | 2.17 | 0.134 | ||
AMOs and others/capita (AMO+) | -0.47 | 0.46 | 0.301 | ||
Attendants/capita (ATT) | 0.04 | 0.61 | 0.942 | ||
Under-five deaths and health worker density. Non-linear model | |||||
Under-five deaths per capita | 0.199 | MO | 20.38 | 13.59 | 0.137 |
CO | -9.43 | 5.87 | 0.111 | ||
AMO+ | -2.04 | 0.82 | 0.015 | ||
ATT | 1.08 | 1.24 | 0.383 | ||
MO2 | -32658.62 | 28416.52 | 0.253 | ||
CO2 | 17247.5 | 11915.73 | 0.151 | ||
AMO+2 | 226.57 | 146.67 | 0.125 | ||
ATT2 | -372.43 | 458.08 | 0.418 | ||