Income-related inequality in distribution of health human resource among districts of Pakistan

Table 3 Association between the numbers of HHR (Doctors) per 10,000 people among districts of Pakistan from 2012 to 2016

Variable	Doctor 2012		Doctor 2013		Doctor 2014		Doctor 2015		Doctor 2016
Variable	dy/dx	Std. Err	dy/dx	Std. Err	dy/dx	Std. Err	dy/dx	Std. Err	dy/dx	Std. Err
Province Baluchistan	Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref		Ref
Province KPK	− 301.99**	136.68	− 365.59**	142.92	− 350.80**	159.92	321.46**	166.63	− 203.83	139.53
Province Sindh	−163.32	137.91	− 228.12	145.92	− 206.22	159.1619	− 129.71	172.40	35.66	153.18
Province Punjab	529.47***	129.89	802.95***	113.21	889.54***	122.32	909.71***	124.11	1064.28***	127.41
Num of Hospitals per District	16.94**	7.96	15.10*	8.18	6.77	7.42	10.38	8.63	14.22	8.72
Num of Beds per District	0.15**	0.06	0.26***	0.07	0.26***	0.07	0.24***	0.06	0.18**	0.06
Num of Disp per District	−3.65**	1.78	−2.15	2.00	−1.83	2.12	−2.51	1.71	−0.90	1.50
Beds in Disp per District	3.06	2.75	1.21	3.07	2.94	3.51	3.07	3.21	5.37*	3.20
Infant Mortality Rate	−1.54	1.56	4.29**	1.72	−4.32**	1.93	−3.22	1.97	−1.17	1.15
Geographical Area	0.03	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.06
Population Size	−0.08	0.08	−0.04	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.09	0.01
Urbanization	−0.41	3.06	−0.12	3.19	0..81	3.44	0.42	3.59	−0.73	3.67
TEGNI per capita (11–12 to 15–16)	11.33***	3.67	6.60	6.77	4.78	7.29	−0.63	1.58	0.73	1.63

The Symbol of “*” is defined by a P value < 0.05; the Symbol of “**” is defined by a P value < 0.01; the Symbol of “***” is defined by a P value < 0.001.

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