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. 2018 Oct 18;8(10):e020886. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020886

Table 2.

Overview of overall result classification by political exposure and health outcome

Welfare state Political tradition Democracy Globalisation
P N I P N I P N I P N I
Birth weight 4 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cancer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Cerebrovascular disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Child mortality 13 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 5 2 2 2
Child well-being 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Chronic conditions 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Diabetes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Fertility and reproductive health 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
General health 24 0 11 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0
Health behaviours 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Healthcare burden/need 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Heart disease 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Health inequalities* 11 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HIV/AIDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Homicide and suicide 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Immunisation/vaccination rates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
Implementation of effect health policy 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Infant mortality 16 0 2 8 0 0 15 1 4 4 3 3
Life expectancy/adult mortality 21 2 5 8 0 1 16 1 3 4 1 1
Maternal health 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mental health 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Nutrition, overweight and obesity 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 5 1
Oral health 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Physical activity/health 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Pneumonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Smoking 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Tuberculosis 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Water pollution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Well-being of the unemployed 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Columns denote political exposure variables; rows denote health outcome variables.

*This is additionally indirectly measured by many of the other outcomes.

I, inconclusive; N, negative; P, positive.