TABLE 2—
Coefficient Estimate of Per-Capita Spending (Logged) on Full-Time-Equivalent Staff and Services: National Association of City and County Health Officials Profile Surveys, North Carolina, 2005 and 2008
| Staffing and Services | Coefficient | P |
| FTE staff | 0.384 | <.001 |
| Services | ||
| Clinical preventive services | −2.612 | .42 |
| Medical treatment services | 14.070 | <.001 |
| Specialty care services | 12.003 | .049 |
| Population-based activities | 6.853 | .19 |
| Regulatory and licensing activities | −4.991 | .203 |
| Environmental health activities | −9.207 | .072 |
Note. FTE = full-time equivalent per 1000 population. We obtained the coefficient estimate from each model, in which we controlled for year, public clinics per 10 000 population, percentage female, unemployment rate, percentage non-White, percentage of population aged 65 years or older, total population, percentage of college graduates, percentage of non-English speakers, physicians per 100 000 population, hospital beds per 100 000 population, percentage of population living in poverty, percentage uninsured, and urban indicator.