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. 2021 Apr 8;21:688. doi: 10.1186/s12889-021-10395-7

Table 2.

Results of the bivariate analysis, fixed effects model, for the variables life expectancy and infant mortality

Dimension Variable LEB* coef LEB* p IM** coef IM** p
Financial resources Current per capita health expenditure (PPP) 0.0013 0.002 −0.0021 0.040
Health expenditure (% GDP) −0.0818 0.571 −0.5409 0.098
Health expenditure - external sources −0.0441 0.191 −0.0203 0.794
Health expenditure (% government expenditure) 0.0513 0.490 −0.2023 0.231
Taxes (% current health spending) −0.0057 0.830 0.0288 0.635
Compulsory contributions (social security) 0.0980 0.017 −0.2157 0.021
Public/mandatory spending 0.0290 0.231 −0.0503 0.362
Voluntary contributions −0.0263 0.468 −0.0859 0.299
Private health insurance 0.1104 0.075 −0.2206 0.119
Direct disbursement (OOP) −0.0263 0.308 0.1531 0.009
Private spending −0.0331 0.16 0.0919 0.086
Physical Resources Density of physicians 0.1070 0.059 −0.2250 0.071
Density of nurses/midwives 0.0211 0.439 − 0.0470 0.424
Density of hospital beds −0.1012 0.080 0.0791 0.417
Density of Health Units −0.0051 0.811 −0.0155 0.802
Density of Health Centers −0.0086 0.940 0.1792 0.469
Density of Hospitals −0.3136 0.378 0.2453 0.536
Density of Magnetic Resonance Imaging equipment 0.0645 0.531 −0.0688 0.809
Density of Computed Tomography equipment 0.0794 0.498 −0.0726 0.772
National CNCD prevention strategy 0.6594 0.067 −1.2000 0,133
Coverage Tuberculosis Treatment 3.8289 0.046 −9.8135 0.002
Care seeking - Pneumonia 0.1399 0,001 −0.2224 0.025
Care seeking - Diarrhea 0.0623 0.062 −0.2851 < 0.001
Skilled personnel - births 0.0739 < 0.001 −0.2717 < 0.001
Prevention Tuberculosis incidence −0.0149 < 0.001 0.0375 < 0.001
HIV incidence −2.8490 < 0.001 6.8174 < 0.001
Complete immunization (< 1 year) 0.0264 0.632 −0.2121 0.076
Governance Demographic density 0.0042 0.064 −0.0067 0.183
Gini index −0.1168 0.081 0.0979 0.587
Percentile of the richest (1%) 10.1313 0.437 0.7650 0.960
HDI Education 39.2567 < 0.001 − 93.2400 < 0.001
HDI 64.3705 < 0.001 − 154.4554 < 0.001
General inequity - HDI losses −0.2453 < 0.001 0.7767 < 0.001
Gender inequity −0.4598 0.385 2.1133 0.051
Unemployment −0.2446 0.003 0.2789 0.132
Political Regime 0.0091 0.500 −0.0315 0.301
Voice and Accountability 1.3940 0.099 −4.0541 0.030
Government Effectiveness 0.7931 0.289 −1.1107 0.498
Rule of Law 1.9783 0.009 −4.0573 0.017
Corruption Perception Index 0.1345 0.001 −0.4388 < 0.001
Financial globalization 0.0271 0.397 −0.1185 0.096
Risk factors Safe sanitation 0.1209 < 0.001 −0.2573 < 0.001
Basic sanitation 0.2433 < 0.001 −0.7931 < 0.001
Obesity 0.5446 < 0.001 − 1.2582 < 0.001
Diabetes 1.4695 < 0.001 −4.4496 < 0.001
Hypertension −0.6278 < 0.001 0.9702 0.004
Malnutrition −0.2167 < 0.001 0.7989 < 0.001
Alcohol 0.4031 < 0.001 −1.1657 < 0.001
Tobacco −0.0749 0.256 −0.0366 0.786
Occupational accident injuries −0.0004 0.094 0.0003 0.475
Fatal occupational injuries −0.1707 0.009 0.3098 0.011

* LEB Life expectancy at birth ** IM Infant mortality; OOP Out-of-pocket expenses; CNCD Chronic non-communicable diseases