Table 4.
Regression results from a stratified analysis including only countries in the top 50th percentile for national malaria incidence (incidence rate > 22,800 cases per 100,000 in 2020)
| Incidence inequality | Case fatality inequality | |
|---|---|---|
| ln(total malaria spending) | − 0.034 (0.008)*** | − 0.030 (0.010)** |
| Government malaria expenditure | − 0.070 (0.027)** | 0.053 (0.033) |
| Spending on prevention | 0.014 (0.030) | |
| Spending on treatment | 0.165 (0.048)*** | |
| Spending on health systems strengthening | − 0.003 (0.026) | 0.010 (0.031) |
| ln(GDP per capita) | − 0.030 (0.022) | 0.070 (0.028)* |
| Age dependency ratio | − 0.002 (0.001) | 0.002 (0.001)* |
| Healthcare Access and Quality Index | − 0.003 (0.004) | 0.000 (0.005) |
| Average maternal education | − 0.053 (0.021)* | − 0.083 (0.027)** |
| Population-weighted mean temperature | 0.037 (0.012)** | 0.000 (0.015) |
| National malaria incidence rate | − 0.312 (0.051)*** | − 0.079 (0.066) |
| Number of observations | 220 | 220 |
| R2 | 0.328 | 0.330 |
| Adjusted R2 | 0.183 | 0.184 |
| F statistic | 8.802 (df = 10; 180)*** | 8.851 (df = 10; 180)*** |
Results based on a fixed effects model for the Gini coefficient
Number of clusters = 20
***Significant at the 0.001 level
**Significant at the 0.01 level
*Significant at the 0.05 level