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Table 6 Effects of health care expenditure on infant mortality rate (per 1000 live births)

From: The effects of public and private health care expenditure on health status in sub-Saharan Africa: new evidence from panel data analysis

 

GLS-fixed effects model

GLS-random effects model

Variables

(1)

(2)

(1)

(2)

Constant

126.324 (1.003)

128.033 (1.007)

127.442 (1.013)

127.097 (1.001)

Real GDP Per Capita

−0.000 (−0.104)

0.001 (0.580)

−0.000 (−0.075)

0.001 (0.480)

Health Expenditure (Total)

−3.005 (−7.411)***

 

−2.834 (−7.237)***

 

Health Expenditure (Public)

 

−4.204 (−5.328)***

 

−3.965 (−5.100)***

Health Expenditure (Private)

 

−2.478 (−4.748)***

 

−2.322 (−4.678)***

Population <14 yrs

−0.119 (−0.095)

−0.093 (−0.074)

−0.147 (−0.119)

−0.105 (−0.083)

Population 15-64 yrs

−0.480 (−0.370)

−0.527 (−0.403)

−0.509 (−0.392)

−0.535 (−0.409)

Population >65 yrs

2.579 (1.737)*

2.787 (1.857)*

2.600 (1.754)*

2.814 (1.878)*

HIV Prevalence rate

−0.330 (−1.482)*

−0.452 (−1.820)

−0.340 (−1.641)

−0.416 (−1.836)*

R-squared

0.762

0.762

0.155

0.142

Durbin-Watson

0.139

0.135

0.12

0.116

F-Stat.

25.049***

24.192***

12.751***

9.757***

Observations

424

421

424

421

Cross section included

43

43

43

43

  1. Note: ***significant at 1%; **significant at 5%; *significant at 10%.
  2. t-statistics are reported in parenthesis.
  3. (1) is model with aggregate health care expenditure.
  4. (2) is model with aggregate health expenditure decomposed into public and private.
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