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Table 2 The effect of health expenditure on infant mortality in sub-Saharan African countries

From: The effects of health expenditure on infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from panel data analysis

Variable

Random effectss models

Model 1

Model 2

Estimate

95% CI

Estimate

95% CI

ln RGDPpc

−0.210

− 0.275, − 0.145*

− 0.317

− 0.392, − 0.241*

lnTHE

− 0.116

− 0.141, − 0.092*

  

LnPuHE

  

− 0.025

− 0.048, − 0.002*

InPrHE

  

− 0.016

− 0.051, 0.018

LnExtHE

  

− 0.030

− 0.046, − 0.014*

lnfertility rate

0.263

0.092, 0.435*

0.372

0.188, 0.556*

lnHIV

0.081

0.047, 0 .115*

0.098

0.062, 0.136*

lnMMR

0.090

0.047, 0.133*

0.110

0.065, 0.155*

lnMeze

−0.003

−0.058, 0.066

− 0.063

− 0.132, 0.004

Lnsanitation (S)

− 0.013

− 0.041, 0.068

0.001

− 0.057, 0.059

lnUrbanizatio(U)

0.082

−0.047, 0.212

0.045

−0.093, 0.184

lnimproved water

−0.327

−0.442, − 0.212*

−0.195

− 0.320, − 0.069*

Lnpop

0.213

0.063, 0 .365*

0.277

0.114, 0.442*

lnEduc

−0.100

−0.157, − 0.039*

−0.073

− 0.140, − 0.006*

R-squared

0.832

 

0.817

 

Observations

545

 

545

 
  1. Note: *significant at 5%; (1) is model with aggregate health care expenditure; and (2) is model with total health expenditure decomposed into public, private and external health expenditure
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