Human resources and health outcomes:: cross-country econometric study
Human resources and health outcomes:: cross-country econometric study
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DOI：
10.1016/s0140-6736(04)17313-3
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发表时间：
2004-10-30
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168.9
通讯作者：
Bärnighausen, T
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作者：
Anand, S;Bärnighausen, T
只有少数研究调查了卫生人力资源与健康结果之间的联系，他们得出了不同的结论。我们用改进的方法和一个新的WHO dataset.Methods检验了人力资源密度对健康的强度和意义，我们用孕产妇死亡率、婴儿死亡率和5岁以下儿童死亡率作为因变量进行了跨国多元回归分析。在一组回归中，卫生人力资源的总密度是一个自变量;在另一组回归中，分别使用医生和护士的密度。我们控制了收入、女性成人识字率和绝对收入贫困的影响。结果：卫生人力资源密度在解释孕产妇死亡率、婴儿死亡率和5岁以下儿童死亡率方面具有重要意义（弹性范围为-0.474至-0.212，所有p值
Background Only a few studies have investigated the link between human resources for health and health outcomes, and they arrive at different conclusions. We tested the strength and significance of density of human resources for health with improved methods and a new WHO dataset.Methods We did cross-country multiple regression analyses with maternal mortality rate, infant mortality rate, and under-five mortality rate as dependent variables. Aggregate density of human resources for health was an independent variable in one set of regressions; doctor and nurse densities separately were used in another set. We controlled for the effects of income, female adult literacy, and absolute income poverty.Findings Density of human resources for health is significant in accounting for maternal mortality rate, infant mortality rate, and under-five mortality rate (with elasticities ranging from -0.474 to -0.212, all p values