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. 2011 Dec;46(6 Pt 2):2079–2100. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2011.01291.x

Table 2.

 OLS Estimates of the Influence of All Country-Specific Variables on Health System Responsiveness

b/SE

Dignity Prompt Attention Clarity of Communication Confidentiality Quality of Facilities Choice
Health exp. per capita 0.163* 0.082 0.152* 0.134* 0.296** 0.308
0.08 0.074 0.073 0.064 0.104 0.158
% Public exp. over total −0.374 −0.516* −0.559** −0.485* −0.714* −0.616
0.197 0.25 0.191 0.2 0.328 0.406
% Public exp. over 65 −0.007 −0.008 −0.001 −0.011 −0.015 0.01
0.012 0.011 0.011 0.008 0.014 0.017
Education index 0.566* 0.750* 0.805** 0.649** 1.093* 0.177
0.241 0.303 0.286 0.208 0.436 0.396
Upper-middle income −0.059 −0.071 −0.088 −0.208 −0.176 −0.385
0.096 0.141 0.106 0.125 0.19 0.237
Lower-middle income −0.106 −0.145 −0.303* −0.338* −0.293 −0.464
0.137 0.16 0.121 0.156 0.212 0.243
Low income −0.052 −0.098 −0.258 −0.228 −0.253 −0.784**
0.136 0.181 0.135 0.173 0.249 0.285
Traditional values 0.072 0.005 0.11 0.079 0.124 0.281
0.11 0.116 0.105 0.087 0.12 0.14
Control of corruption 0.056 −0.048 −0.027 −0.011 0.023 −0.212
0.083 0.079 0.083 0.068 0.093 0.113
Democratic history 0.015 −0.08 −0.033 0.007 −0.157 −0.466
0.109 0.139 0.109 0.113 0.163 0.308
Constant −0.289 −0.267 −0.631* −0.315 −0.671 0.055
0.263 0.325 0.259 0.262 0.421 0.475
R2 0.536 0.288 0.628 0.538 0.575 0.259
N 66 66 66 66 66 66
Link test
 Hat 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.029 0.000 0.699
 Hat^2 0.678 0.422 0.844 0.109 0.47 0.165

Notes. Robust standard errors.

**

p<.01,

*

p<.05.