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. 2022 Dec 21;16(2):196–205. doi: 10.1016/j.jiph.2022.12.011

Table 5.

Linear regression on categories of global health security and COVID-19 outcome measures.

Independent variables
Model 1: COVID-19 Cases
Model 2: COVID-19 Deaths
Coef. p-value [95% Conf Interval] Coef. p-value [95% Conf Interval]
GHSI score category 1 54059.011 0.365 -63424.093 171542.12 1110.895 0.111 -256.72 2478.509
GHSI score category 2 32520.818 0.534 -70507.909 135549.55 86.631 0.887 -1112.721 1285.983
GHSI score category 3 32423.189 0.612 -93417.898 158264.27 745.511 0.317 -719.398 2210.421
GHSI score category 4 47772.482 0.446 -75682.406 171227.37 478.303 0.512 -958.829 1915.435
GHSI score category 5 -29229.913 0.587 -135211.93 76752.103 -929.527 0.139 -2163.258 304.204
GHSI score category 6 -21474.877 0.752 -155237 112287.24 -499.759 0.527 -2056.877 1057.359
Africa Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Central Asia -575980.71 0.861 -7048712.6 5896751.2 -6372.041 0.868 -81720.778 68976.695
Eastern Asia -500457.03 0.877 -6887826.2 5886912.1 -86462.898 0.023 -160817.93 -12107.865
Europe 485011.6 0.825 -3836650.5 4806673.7 10174.111 0.690 -40134.134 60482.355
Latin America/Caribbean 373668.96 0.838 -3229024.4 3976362.3 28234.857 0.186 -13703.91 70173.623
Northern America 32871378 0.000 22323893 43418864 373178.83 0.000 250396.1 495961.56
Oceania 1304242.1 0.558 -3087341.7 5695826 10308.669 0.691 -40813.53 61430.869
South-eastern Asia -1068991 0.655 -5789278 3651296 -17101.567 0.540 -72050.183 37847.05
Southern Asia 2542775.2 0.318 -2471370.1 7556920.5 2896.672 0.922 -55472.734 61266.078
Western Asia -458300.16 0.833 -4730676.2 3814075.9 -9505.975 0.706 -59240.483 40228.533
<million Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
1–10million 882391.75 0.599 -2427222.5 4192006 8174.867 0.676 -30352.18 46701.915
10–50million 35357.086 0.984 -3546064.7 3616778.9 2590.866 0.903 -39100.28 44282.011
100million+ 10990833 0.000 5682309.5 16299356 210747.06 0.000 148950.81 272543.3
Low income Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref Ref
Lower middle income -719377.99 0.679 -4139984.6 2701228.6 -10160.651 0.615 -49979.755 29658.454
Upper middle income -269480.33 0.895 -4287172.6 3748211.9 3018.908 0.899 -43750.839 49788.655
High income 154745.72 0.956 -5381128.6 5690620 -18099.687 0.580 -82542.513 46343.14
Constant -1502940.4 0.675 -8575465.2 5569584.3 8424.549 0.840 -73906.345 90755.443
Model 1 Model 2
Mean dependent var
2810112.864
SD dependent var
8349878.210
Mean dependent var
33005.508
SD dependent var
105171.496
R-squared
0.480
Number of obs
191.000
R-squared
0.556
Number of obs
191.000
F-test
7.419
Prob > F
0.000
F-test
10.060
Prob > F
0.000
Akaike crit. (AIC)
6548.471
Bayesian crit. (BIC)
6620.021
Akaike crit. (AIC)
4847.339
Bayesian crit. (BIC)
4918.889
* ** p < .01, * * p < .05, * p < .1 * ** p < .01, * * p < .05, * p < .1

Source: GHSI Database (2021); Legend: GHSI score category 1 (Prevention of emergence or release of pathogens); GHSI score category 2 (Early detection and reporting for epidemics of potential international concern); GHSI score category 3 (Rapid response to and mitigation of the spread of an epidemic); GHSI score category 4 (Sufficient & robust health sector to treat the sick & protect health workers); GHSI score category 5 (Commitments to improving national capacity financing and adherence to norms); GHSI score category 6 (Overall risk environment and country vulnerability to biological threats)