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Pearson correlations between HRH density and health indicators in EMR‡ |
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| IMR |
U5MR |
MMR |
LE |
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| Physician density |
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| r |
-0.695 |
-0.646 |
-0.605 |
0.661 |
| Sig. |
0.001 |
0.002 |
0.005 |
0.002 |
| N |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
| Nurse density |
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| r |
-0.817 |
-0.794 |
-0.777 |
0.807 |
| Sig. |
<0.000 1 |
<0.000 1 |
<0.000 1 |
<0.000 1 |
| N |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
| Female literacy* |
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| r |
-0.740 |
-0.746 |
-0.781 |
0.677 |
| Sig. |
<0.000 1 |
<0.000 1 |
<0.000 1 |
<0.000 1 |
| N |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
| Population living below poverty line€ |
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| r |
0.479 |
0.579 |
0.723 |
-0.511 |
| Sig. |
0.276 |
0.173 |
0.067 |
0.241 |
| N |
7 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
| Per capita gross national income (US $)¥ |
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| r |
-0.323 |
-0.370 |
-0.347 |
0.391 |
| Sig. |
0.282 |
0.213 |
0.245 |
0.186 |
| N |
13 |
13 |
13 |
13 |
| Total expenditure on health₤ |
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| r |
-0.074 |
-0.118 |
-0.058 |
0.051 |
| Sig. |
0.755 |
0.619 |
0.807 |
0.830 |
| N |
20 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
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‡ Afghanistan and Somalia were found to be outliers and were therefore removed from the analysis, thus the above table is based on 20 of the EMR countries * Data on Female literacy represents 1990 estimates for Djibouti, Iran, Lebanon, Libya, United Arab Emirates and Yemen; ad 2004 estimates for Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, and Tunisia € Data on population living below poverty line reflects 1997 estimates for Jordan, 1998 for Iran and Yemen, 1999 for Libya and Oman, and 2000 for Egypt and Syria ¥ Data on per capita gross national income reflects 2003 estimates £ Data on Total Expenditure on Health reflects 2003 estimates | ||||
El-Jardali et al. Human Resources for Health 2007 5:9 doi:10.1186/1478-4491-5-9 |
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