Table 2. Cox regression to verify the factors associated with the reduction in the number of Community Health Agents (CHAs) per family health teams in Brazil after the publication of the new PNAB, between October 2017 and December 2019.
| B | Default Error | p | HR | Confidence Interval 95% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom | Top | ||||||
| Region | |||||||
| North | 1.000 | ||||||
| Northeast | 0.000 | 0.032 | 0.990 | 1.000 | 0.939 | 1.064 | |
| Midwest | 0.228 | 0.039 | < 0.001 | 1.256 | 1.164 | 1.356 | |
| Southeast | 0.078 | 0.034 | 0.020 | 1.081 | 1.012 | 1.154 | |
| South | 0.214 | 0.035 | < 0.001 | 1.239 | 1.156 | 1.327 | |
| HDI | |||||||
| High HDI | 0.052 | 0.020 | 0.011 | 1.053 | 1.012 | 1.096 | |
| Low HDI | 1.00 | ||||||
| Population Size | |||||||
| Up to 30 thousand inhabitants | 1.000 | ||||||
| 30,001 to 50 thousand inhabitants | -0.031 | 0.028 | 0.274 | 0.969 | 0.917 | 1.025 | |
| 50,001 to 100 thousand inhabitants | 0.122 | 0.031 | 0.000 | 1.130 | 1.063 | 1.201 | |
| > 100 thousand inhabitants | 0.171 | 0.032 | 0.000 | 1.186 | 1.114 | 1.264 | |
Note: Statistically significant: p < 0.05.