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. 2018 Feb 27;17:29. doi: 10.1186/s12939-018-0742-z

Table 2.

Association between the number of HHR per 10,000 people and the determinants

Variable Doctor Nurse
dy/dx Std. Err. dy/dx Std. Err.
Population density 0.0047 0.0059 0.0007 0.0072
Geographical size 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
Population size −0.0019 0.0021 −0.0053* 0.0025
Per GDP 0.0001*** 0.0000 0.0001** 0.0000
Revenue 0.0000** 0.0000 0.0000*** 0.0000
Proportion of health expenditure on fiscal expenditure −0.3165 0.2349 − 0.0795 0.2857
Urbanization −0.0530 0.0525 0.0447 0.0647
Age of Party Secretary
<=54 Ref Ref
55–59 3.0421* 1.5213 4.0075* 1.8490
> = 60 4.5746 4.2659 9.0063 5.1814
Length of service of Party Secretary
<=30 Ref Ref
31–37 −2.8585 1.3100 −0.4746 1.5912
> = 38 −2.9771 1.9021 −2.7556 2.3118
Sex of Party Secretary
Men Ref Ref
Women −0.1618 2.1345 −1.2070 2.5917
Nation of Party Secretary
Han Ref Ref
Minority nationality −0.9821 2.3729 −0.5436 2.8808
Education of Party Secretary
College and below Ref Ref
Bachelor −4.2614 2.9432 −0.2802 3.5753
Master −4.7723 2.8285 −0.6080 3.4364
PhD. −1.9647 3.0257 0.7101 3.6741
Age of Mayor
<=54 Ref Ref
55–59 −0.7691 1.9983 1.4672 2.4261
> = 60 −14.6293 12.2678 −32.7915* 14.8965
Length of service of Mayor
<=30 Ref Ref
31–37 2.5028 1.3881 3.1671 1.6852
> = 38 1.6079 2.5343 −1.3347 3.0778
Sex of Mayor
Men Ref Ref
Women −2.0835 2.1757 −2.7475 2.6415
Nation of Mayor
Han Ref Ref
Minority nationality 3.1111 2.2851 0.6080 2.7743
Education of Mayor
College and below Ref Ref
Bachelor −3.7471 2.0431 −3.0142 2.4809
Master −5.6737 8.1371 −9.1420 9.8788
PhD. −1.5799 1.0905 −1.2583 1.3251
Region
The East China Ref Ref
The North China −2.5839 2.0042 −7.9930 2.4339
The Central China −3.3095* 1.6322 −3.9606* 1.9827
The South China −3.8081 2.0588 −1.8814 2.4997
The Southwest China −7.0356*** 1.8410 −11.0550*** 2.2371
The Northwest China −2.8289* 2.4728 −15.3235*** 3.1233
The Northeast China −3.7785 1.9349 −6.1465 2.3506

The Symbol of “*” is defined by a P value < 0.05; the Symbol of “**” is defined by a P value < 0.01; the Symbol of “***” is defined by a P value < 0.001