Table 3 Multiple regression analysis of the influence of country specific health indicators on waiting times for cataract surgery.
| Waiting time for cataract surgery in weeks | Total health expenditure (HE) as % of GDP | Public expenditure on health as % of HE | Density of practicing physicians per 1000 population | Density of acute care beds per 1000 population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All surgeries | −0.647±0.243 | 0.063±0.037 | 0.091±0.914 | −0.423±0.231 | Adjusted R‐squared: 0.0578 |
| p<0.01 | p<0.1 | p>0.1 | p<0.1 | p<0.01 | |
| Inpatient surgeries | −0.341±0.328 | 0.100±0.083 | −3.441±1.868 | −0.234±0.377 | Adjusted R‐squared: 0.013 |
| p>0.1 | p>0.1 | p<0.1 | p>0.1 | p>0.1 | |
| Outpatient surgeries | −1.151±0.319 | 0.049±0.038 | 0.623±0.884 | * | Adjusted R‐squared: 0.074 |
| p<0.001 | p>0.1 | p>0.1 | p<0.01 |
*Not included because acute beds are not supposed to influence outpatient surgery