Table 4 Correlations between the synthetic measure of health system outcomes and other factors
Variable | Correlation coefficient |
|---|---|
Economic growth | 0.16 |
GDP per capita | 0.64 |
Unemployment | 0.16 |
Industry share of GDP | -0.17 |
Services share of GDP | 0.42 |
Agriculture share of GDP | -0.37 |
Budget deficit | -0.32 |
Public debt | -0.16 |
Inflation rate | -0.17 |
Investments | 0.07 |
Foreign investments | 0.03 |
Foreign investments per capita | 0.27 |
Fiscal burden | -0.17 |
Public spending on social policy | 0.29 |
People living below poverty line (national threshold) | -0.50 |
People living for less than $1/day | -0.28 |
Human Development Index | 0.69 |
Public spending on education | -0.10 |
Generalized trust | -0.33 |
Trust in politicians | 0.17 |
Satisfaction with government | 0.19 |
Civic activity | -0.10 |
Gini index | -0.11 |
Total health expenditure as a percentage of GDP | 0.13 |
Total health expenditure per capita | 0.64 |
The share of public sources in total expenditure on health | 0.32 |
The share of spending on hospital sector in total health expenditure | -0.74 |
The share of spending on pharmaceuticals in total health expenditure | 0.36 |
Public spending on pharmaceuticals as a share of total spending on pharmaceuticals | 0.43 |
Expenditure on public health programmes as a percentage of total health expenditure | -0.08 |
Practicing physicians/100,000 population | -0.37 |
General practitioners/100,000 population | 0.34 |
Practicing nurses/100,000 population | -0.37 |
Practicing midwives/100,000 population | -0.38 |
Practicing pharmacists/100,000 population | 0.46 |
No. of political parties in Parliament | -0.07 |
Electoral turnout (parliamentary elections) | 0.03 |
No. of seats gained by the election’s winning party (%) | -0.04 |
No. of government changes | -0.32 |
No. of beds in non-public sector (%) | 0.06 |
Hospital beds/100,000 population | -0.60 |
Acute beds/100,000 population | -0.74 |