Table 4. Correlation coefficient results for selected variables, African countries’ progress toward integration of NCDs service at the PHC level, 2020.
Number of essential NCDs medicine available in the country | Number of essential NCDs technology available in the country | Aggregate score | ||||
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Spearman's rho, | p-value | Spearman's rho, | P-value | Spearman's rho, | P-value | |
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capital, 2017 | 0.31 | 0.03 | 0.37 | 0.009** | 0.21 | 0.15 |
Out-of-Pocket (OOP) expenditure | -0.51 | 0.0001** | -0.25 | 0.09 | -0.58 | 0.0001** |
**Correlation is significant at p-value < 0.01 level (2-tailed)