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Table 4 Association between the numbers of HHR (Nurses) per 10,000 people among districts of Pakistan from 2012 to 2016

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

Variable

Nurses 2012

Nurses 2013

Nurses 2014

Nurses 2015

Nurses 2016

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

− 354.09**

169.43

− 320.92*

180.32

− 277.43

182.04

− 251.77

188.02

− 175.90

154.17

Province Sindh

− 329.31**

170.96

− 362.01**

184.11

− 294.21

181.18

− 299.08

194.53

− 189.34

169.25

Province Punjab

597.04***

161.02

898.31***

142.84

926.34***

139.24

926.79***

140.04

1028.45***

140.77

Num of Hospitals per District

11.11

9.87

5.76

10.32

−0.313

8.45

− 0.018

9.74

−5.44

9.63

Number of Beds per District

0.23***

0.08

0.36***

0.08

0.35***

0.08

0.34***

0.07

0.38***

0.07

Num of Disp per District

−2.85

2.21

0.47

2.52

1.21

2.41

−1.27

1.93

−0.65

1.66

Beds in Disp per District

5.46

3.41

3.51

3.87

6.46

3.99

5.76

3.62

3.58

3.54

Infant Mortality Rate

−1.93

1.93

−4.31*

2.17

−3.43

2.20

−2.31

2.22

−0.68

1.27

Geographical Area

0.03

0.06

0.04

0.06

0.04

0.06

0.04

0.07

0.02

0.07

Population Size

−0.02**

0.01

−0.02

0.02

−0.01

0.02

0.03**

0.01

0.03*

0.01

Urbanization

−3.09

3.79

−2.01

4.02

−1.95

3.92

−0.57

4.05

−0.66

4.05

TEGNI per capita (11–12 to 15–16)

15.25***

4.55

10.98

8.54

9.02

8.30

−2.85

1.79

−2.16

1.80

  1. 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