Table 3.
Association between cantonal supply and demand and PAH standardized ratio
| |
Percentiles cut-off |
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 50 | 75 | Spearman coefficient a | |
| Sickness funds’ annual costs for ambulatory care services, CHF |
1.996 |
2.251 |
2.726 |
−0.270 |
| Pro-pharmacy proportionb |
0.082 |
0.268 |
0.414 |
0.048 |
| Urban population proportionc |
0.557 |
0.742 |
0.941 |
−0.081 |
| Pharmacy density |
0.136 |
0.190 |
0.362 |
−0.082 |
| General practitioners’ density |
0.583 |
0.620 |
0.681 |
0.162 |
| Specialist practitioners’ density |
0.999 |
1.172 |
1.608 |
−0.187 |
| Hospital beds density |
4.637 |
5.518 |
6.055 |
0.212 |
| Annual cantonal income per inhabitant, CHF |
44.141 |
49.282 |
55.027 |
−0.067 |
| Educational leveld |
12.686 |
12.839 |
13.028 |
−0.169 |
| Deductible (CHF) |
648 |
693 |
736 |
−0.290 |
| Gatekeeper proportion |
0.031 |
0.073 |
0.147 |
0.299 |
| Unemployment rates | 30.70 | 32.90 | 41.81 | −0.140 |
Rates are expressed per 1,000 inhabitants.
asignificant if ≥0.472 (18 degrees of freedom).
bproportion of medication costs dispensed by physicians.
cproportion of populations living in a town (>10,000 inhabitants).
daverage number of years in education.