Table 3.

 OLS Estimates of the Influence of Country-Specific Variables on Health System Responsiveness, for Countries Stratified in “High Income” (High and Upper-Middle Income World Bank Groups) and “Low Income” (Lower-Middle and Low Income World Bank Groups)

	b/SE
	Dignity High Income	Dignity Low Income	Prompt Attention High Income	Prompt Attention Low Income	Clarity of Communication High Income	Clarity of Communication Low Income	Confidentiality High Income	Confidentiality Low Income	Quality of Facilities High Income	Quality of Facilities Low Income	Choice High Income	Choice Low Income
Health exp. per capita	0.215***	3.064	0.067	0.190	0.135**	3.864*	0.164***	5.339***	0.325***	5.505*	0.080	2.389
	0.056	1.608	0.044	2.006	0.047	1.660	0.037	1.433	0.070	2.267	0.114	2.792
% Public exp. over total	−0.122	−0.676*	−0.587	−0.645	−0.788*	−0.703*	−0.784**	−0.731**	−1.234*	−0.758*	−0.641	−1.049*
	0.382	0.269	0.302	0.336	0.320	0.278	0.257	0.240	0.481	0.379	0.784	0.467
Education index	−0.248	0.344	−1.093*	0.894**	0.272	0.613**	−1.274**	0.448*	−1.190	0.733*	−1.167	0.300
	0.675	0.209	0.534	0.260	0.565	0.215	0.454	0.186	0.851	0.294	1.385	0.362
Bottom income group	0.020	0.152	−0.116	0.128	−0.093	0.171	−0.274**	0.294**	−0.269	0.219	−0.276	−0.050
	0.147	0.091	0.117	0.114	0.123	0.094	0.099	0.081	0.185	0.129	0.302	0.158
Constant	0.212	−0.280	1.317*	−0.519*	0.004	−0.838***	1.539**	−0.655***	1.541	−0.988***	1.208	−0.221
	0.735	0.166	0.582	0.207	0.615	0.171	0.494	0.148	0.926	0.234	1.508	0.288
R2	0.417	0.340	0.208	0.404	0.357	0.490	0.535	0.543	0.502	0.447	0.054	0.301
N	35	31	35	31	35	31	35	31	35	31	35	31

Notes. Robust standard errors; “bottom income group” has been defined relative to the set of countries analyzed.

^***p<.001,

^**p<.01,

^*p<.05.