Table 3.
Empirical relationships between the variables
| Structural | Coef.β | SD | Z | P value | 95% CI of β | |
| Lower | Upper | |||||
| Fist level of the analysis: equations 1–4 | ||||||
| Health workforce density per 10 000 population (1) | ||||||
| Current health expenditure per capita | 0.033* | 0.011 | 2.930 | 0.003 | 0.011 | 0.055 |
| Constant | 19.731* | 5.145 | 3.830 | 0.000 | 9.647 | 29.816 |
| Health facility density per 10 000 population (2) | ||||||
| Current health expenditure per capita | 0.00015 | 0.00008 | 1.780 | 0.075 | −0.00001 | 0.00031 |
| Constant | 0.329* | 0.039 | 8.520 | 0.000 | 0.253 | 0.404 |
| Essential medicines readiness (3) | ||||||
| Current health expenditure per capita | 0.014 | 0.009 | 1.620 | 0.104 | −0.003 | 0.031 |
| Constant | 37.726* | 3.276 | 11.520 | 0.000 | 31.305 | 44.146 |
| Diagnostic readiness (4) | ||||||
| Current health expenditure per capita | 0.005 | 0.008 | 0.620 | 0.536 | −0.011 | 0.022 |
| Constant | 39.296* | 3.426 | 11.470 | 0.000 | 32.582 | 46.011 |
| Second level of the analysis: Equation UHC SCI (5) | ||||||
| 2019 UHC service coverage index (5) | ||||||
| Diagnostic readiness | 0.243* | 0.100 | 2.430 | 0.015 | 0.047 | 0.438 |
| Health workforce density per 10 000 population | 0.127* | 0.033 | 3.870 | 0.000 | 0.063 | 0.192 |
| Health facility density per 1000 population | 2.235 | 4.694 | 0.480 | 0.634 | −6.965 | 11.435 |
| Essential medicines readiness | 0.053 | 0.119 | 0.440 | 0.658 | −0.180 | 0.286 |
| Constant | 39.762* | 5.587 | 7.120 | 0.000 | 28.811 | 50.714 |
*Significant.
SCI, Service Coverage Index; UHC, universal health coverage.