Table 3.
Metric and standard regression coefficients (in parentheses) for national health care expenditures by selected socio-political indicators for nations with Human Development Index designations of “medium” or “low development34, 84 Nations, 2008.
| Predictorsa | TEH%GDP | GGEH%GGE | PcTEH | PcGGEH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Over60 | .174** (.149) | 0.067 (.034) | 7.15 (.299) | −0.903 (−.016) |
| LifeExpect | −0.073 (−.241) | 0.019 (.037) | −1.54 (−.018) | −0.47 (−.032) |
| DrRN/10 K | 0.017 .161 |
−0.007 (−.042) | 0.096 (.027) | −0.366 (−.071) |
| HSEffect | −29.9** (−.416) | −18.2 (−.151) | −709.3* (−.060) | −534.6* (−.151) |
| EDUIndex | −0.742 (−.045) | 0.544 (.020) | 177.5 (.208) | 155.4 (.193) |
| PcGNI | −0.106 (−.142) | −0.063 (−.050) | 41.5** (.624) | 29.5** (.803) |
| REGIME | .112** (.254) | .205* (.278) | 4.42** (.168) | 3.57** (.165) |
| Constant | 35.0** | 23.6 | 597.7* | 418.7* |
| R2 | .246** | 0.038 | .732** | .686** |
a
See text for definitions and data sources.
*
p ⩽ 0.05.
**
p ⩽ 0.01.