TABLE 3—
Relationship Between the Percentage of Public Health Emergency Response Funds Allocated and Number of Barriers Identified in Grant Reports of State Health Departments: United States, October 2009–May 2010
| Barrier | % of PHER Funds Allocated,a Mean (SD) | P |
| Presence of barrier | .36 | |
| Any (≥1) | 45.3 (18.8) | |
| No barrier | 40.1 (19.4) | |
| Total no. of barriers | .03 | |
| 0 | 40.1 (19.4) | |
| 1 | 45.4 (14.1) | |
| 2 | 55.6 (17.8) | |
| 3 | 27.8 (19.1) |
Note. PHER = public health emergency response.
As of March 2010.