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. 2019 Jan 13;4(1):e001159. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001159

Table 3.

Regressions for government health spending per capita

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) 8 (FD) 9 (FD)
GDP per person 0.659***
(0.092)
0.609***
(0.081)
0.657***
(0.079)
0.659***
(0.084)
0.638***
(0.089)
0.659***
(0.068)
0.638***
(0.062)
0.624***
(0.071)
0.634***
(0.079)
Development assistance for health −0.003
(0.020)
0.000
(0.019)
0.014
(0.020)
0.011
(0.022)
0.005
(0.030)
0.011
(0.012)
0.005
(0.011)
−0.004
(0.007)
−0.010
(0.008)
Government spending per GDP 0.528***
(0.103)
0.492***
(0.110)
0.513***
(0.107)
0.530***
(0.111)
0.478***
(0.132)
0.530***
(0.063)
0.478***
(0.072)
0.141***
(0.029)
0.157***
(0.035)
Dependent population −0.427
(0.681)
−0.425
(0.664)
−0.784
(0.747)
−0.772
(0.758)
−0.765
(0.876)
−0.772*
(0.378)
−0.765*
(0.382)
−0.510
(0.612)
−0.811
(0.658)
Corruption perception index 0.225**
(0.096)
0.226**
(0.095)
0.241**
(0.113)
0.342**
(0.150)
0.241**
(0.089)
0.342***
(0.085)
−0.005
(0.039)
0.017
(0.043)
Tax revenue per GDP 0.207*
(0.115)
0.207***
(0.068)
0.009
(0.027)
Year −0.006
(0.005)
−0.004
(0.004)
−0.006
(0.005)
−0.001***
(0.000)
−0.001***
(0.000)
Constant −1.069*
(0.636)
−1.494**
(0.637)
9.777
(8.789)
5.255
(7.455)
8.364
(9.260)
−0.013
(0.015)
−0.019
(0.018)
R2 within 44.29 45.55 46.13 47.29 51.42 15.60 17.50
F-statistic 28.77 28.40 28.99 23.15 42.14 22 914.14 6733.37 15.43 20.24
Year FEs Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Regular dummies Yes Yes
CD No No No Yes Yes No No No No
n (groups) 46 46 46 46 36 46 36 46 36
n (observation) 954 954 954 954 749 954 749 903 710

*** p<0.001, **p<0.05, *p<0.1

CD, Cross dependence; FD, First difference; FE, Fixed effects; GDP, gross domestic product.