Table 1 Effect of PMM on primary care doctor density and mortality amenable to healthcare
Total primary care doctor density | 95%CI | PMM Doctor density | 95%CI | Non- PMM Doctor density | 95%CI | Amenable mortality rate | 95%CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PMM Introduction | 5.74*** | 5.11,6.37 | 15.14*** | 14.80,15.48 | −9.40*** | −10.03,-8.77 | −1.06** | − 1.78,-0.33 |
Health expenditure (R$) per capita | 13.17*** | 10.20,16.14 | 4.87*** | 3.68,6.06 | 8.30*** | 5.66,10.94 | 2.95* | 0.17,5.86 |
Private insurance plan coverage (%) | 0.02 | −0.06,0.11 | 0.02 | − 0.00,0.05 | 0.00 | − 0.08,0.08 | 0.34*** | 0.26,0.41 |
Hospital beds per 1000 pop | 0.00 | −0.36,0.36 | 0.07 | − 0.06,0.20 | − 0.07 | − 0.43,0.28 | 0.81*** | 0.40,1.21 |
GDP per capita | −17.90 | −44.63,8.83 | − 15.17* | −27.39,-2.95 | −2.73 | −29.11,23.64 | −7.81 | −34.68,19.06 |
Bolsa Familia expenditure per poor person | 0.01*** | 0.01,0.02 | 0.02*** | 0.01,0.02 | −0.00 | − 0.01,0.00 | 0.02*** | 0.02,0.03 |
Illiteracy rate (15 + year) | −0.17 | −0.43,0.09 | − 0.04 | −0.19,0.11 | − 0.13 | −0.39,0.13 | 0.63*** | 0.28,0.97 |
Households with inadequate sanitation (%) | −0.11*** | −0.18,-0.05 | 0.04 | −0.00,0.08 | − 0.15*** | −0.22,-0.08 | − 0.14* | −0.25,-0.02 |
Urbanisation rate (%) | 0.03 | −0.05,0.10 | 0.09*** | 0.06,0.13 | −0.06 | −0.14,0.01 | 0.10* | 0.02,0.29 |
Income (R$) per capita | −0.00 | −0.01,0.01 | − 0.00 | −0.01,0.00 | − 0.00 | −0.01,0.01 | − 0.02*** | −0.03,-0.01 |
Households with no electricity (%) | −0.29*** | −0.38,-0.20 | − 0.10*** | −0.15,-0.05 | − 0.19*** | −0.29,-0.09 | 0.29*** | 0.12,0.46 |
N (municipalities) | 5565 | 5565 | 5565 | 5565 | ||||
N (observations) | 222,600 | 222,600 | 222,600 | 222,600 |