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. 2010 Mar 16;7(3):e1000249. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000249

Table 3. Results from accelerated failure time model.

Variables Proportionate Change in Time to Decision 95% CI p-Value
Context
Natural log population (1,000s) 1.14 [0.89–1.46] 0.285
Region (compared to high-income OECD)
East Asia and Pacific 2.47* [1.02–5.95] 0.044
Europe and Central Asia 3.33** [1.67–6.67] 0.001
Latin America and Caribbean 1.10 [0.57–2.12] 0.775
Middle East and North Africa 1.56 [0.70–3.44] 0.277
Other high-income 1.19 [0.63–2.23] 0.599
South Asia 2.58 [0.80–8.27] 0.112
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.40 [0.56–3.37] 0.448
DTP3 coverage (%) 0.99 [0.98–1.00] 0.059
Democracy score 0.97* [0.94–1.00] 0.041
Costs and benefits
Natural log price per dose (US$) 1.02* [1.00–1.04] 0.015
Natural log GNI (US$) 0.92 [0.72–1.18] 0.530
Natural log cost per bed-day (Int$) 1.00 [0.81–1.22] 0.972
Incidence of Hib disease (per 100,000 child-years) 1.02 [0.97–1.07] 0.434
Availability of Hib in combination with DTP and/or HBV 1.13 [0.63–1.99] 0.686
Modifying factors
Local incidence/disease burden studies 0.92 [0.83–1.02] 0.123
Neighboring adopters (compared to none)
One neighboring country adopter 0.67* [0.48–0.94] 0.021
Two or more neighboring country adopters 0.50** [0.33–0.75] 0.001
WHO position paper (compared to none)
First WHO position 0.94 [0.57–1.53] 0.787
Second WHO position 0.59 [0.26–1.32] 0.198
GAVI eligibility 0.37** [0.18–0.75] 0.007
Cofinancing uncertainty 2.26** [1.23–4.15] 0.009
Constant 28.69 [0.82–994.53] 0.064

*p<0.05, **p<0.01, Weibull distribution, Gaussian frailty. n = 1,383.