Table 2. Estimated coefficients of segmented regression for licensed physicians, nurses, and hospital beds per 1,000 individuals before and after the UMIS.
Coefficient | Number of licensed physicians and assistants per 1,000 | Number of licensed nurses per 1,000 | Number of hospital beds per 1,000 | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall | Urban | Rural | Overall | Urban | Rural | Overall | Rural▲ | |
β0(Intercept) | 1.056 *** | 1.852 *** | 0.926 *** | 0.798 *** | 1.092 *** | 0.378 *** | 2.164 *** | 0.712 *** |
β1 (Slope pre- UMIS) | 0.018 *** | 0.134 *** | 0.060 *** | 0.032 *** | 0.225 *** | 0.056 *** | 0.076 *** | 0.020 *** |
β2 (Level change after UMIS) | 0.007 | -0.130 * | -0.080 | -0.065 ** | -0.229 ** | -0.087 ** | -0.056 | 0.085 *** |
β3(Slope change after UMIS) | 0.044 *** | 0.006 | -0.018 | 0.112 *** | 0.068 *** | 0.039 ** | 0.219 *** | 0.043 *** |
β1+β3 (Slope post- UMIS) | 0.062 | 0.140 | 0.042 | 0.144 | 0.293 | 0.095 | 0.294 | 0.063 |
Significant codes (P value of two-sided test): <0.01‘***’, <0.05‘**’, <0.1‘*’.
‘▲’: The number of beds in the township hospitals per 1000 agricultural population.