From: The impact of the health care workforce on under-five mortality in rural China
Variables | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unadjusted U5MR | Interaction with GDP trajectory | Interaction with equipment value (continuous) | Interaction with equipment value (dummy) | Without female illiteracy rate | |
Total HP | − 0.035** | − 0.007 | − 0.042 | − 0.024** | − 0.026** |
 | 0.010 | 0.007 | 0.044 | 0.007 | 0.007 |
Trajectory of GDP per capita (medium group as the reference) | |||||
 Total HP # slowly rising |  | − 0.065** |  |  |  |
 | 0.015 |  |  |  | |
 Total HP # rapidly rising |  | − 0.035+ |  |  |  |
 | 0.021 |  |  |  | |
Total HP # Value of equipment per bed (continuous) | Â | Â | 0.001 | Â | Â |
 |  | 0.004 |  |  | |
Total HP # Value of equipment per bed (high group as the reference) |  |  |  | − 0.005 |  |
 |  |  | 0.006 |  | |
GDP per capita (log) | − 0.087* |  | − 0.098** | − 0.100** | − 0.103** |
0.041 | Â | 0.026 | 0.027 | 0.026 | |
Female illiteracy rate | 0.005* | 0.003+ | 0.004* | 0.004* | Â |
0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 | Â | |
Provincial health expenditure/GDP (high group as the reference) | 0.037+ | 0.047** | 0.051** | 0.051** | 0.050** |
0.019 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.015 | 0.015 | |
Value of equipment per bed (log) | − 0.001 | −0.014 | − 0.021 |  | − 0.018* |
0.012 | 0.009 | 0.015 | Â | 0.008 | |
Value of equipment per bed (high group as the reference) | Â | Â | Â | 0.019 | Â |
 |  |  | 0.023 |  | |
Number of observations | 7 618 | 7 653 | 7 653 | 7 653 | 7 653 |
Adjusted R2 (within group) | 0.327 | 0.426 | 0.423 | 0.423 | 0.423 |