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. 2013 Mar 14;11:66. doi: 10.1186/1741-7015-11-66

Table 4.

Factors associated with childhood immunization research productivity identified by zero-truncated negative binomial regression models.

Univariable Multivariable
Variable IRR (95% CI) P-value IRR (95% CI) P-value

DTP3 coverage 0.38 (0.04, 3.42) 0.389 not included
Gross domestic product (US dollar) 1.46 (1.23, 1.73) 0.000 1.55 (0.82, 2.93) 0.177
Adult literacy rate 1.21 (0.36, 4.09) 0.764 not included
Physicians per 100,000 population 1.27 (0.92, 1.74) 0.147 0.77 (0.56, 1.04) 0.089
Total expenditure on health 3.98 (0.97, 16.21) 0.054 0.68 (0.12, 3.94) 0.665
Private expenditure on health 3.18 (1.62, 6.22) 0.001 3.64 (1.46, 9.07) 0.006
Research and development expenditure 1.47 (1.21, 1.78) 0.000 0.96 (0.49, 1.87) 0.897
Human development index 2.65 (0.45, 15.57) 0.280 not included

DTP3, third dose of the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine by one year of age; IRR, incidence rate ratio; CI, confidence intervals