Table 4.

Regression Coefficients of Primary Care, Specialty Care, and Income Inequity on Standardized Mortality, US States 1980–1995

Age-Standardized Deaths per 100,000 Population from All Causes
1985 Mortality/1980 Predictors1990 Mortality/1985 Predictors1995 Mortality/1990 Predictors
Intercept431.84381.90319.50315.12306.26239.75
[176.77][196.22][155.22][166.73][166.36][175.06]
Robin Hood Index16.9518.3818.29
[5.83][4.91][5.08]
(2.91)(3.75)(3.60)
Gini Coefficient1339.851341.011447.93
[467.46][382.73][380.79]
(2.87)(3.50)(3.80)
Primary Care−40.16−39.87−33.53−34.28−29.58−25.19
[13.18)[13.24][12.22][12.38)[11.76][11.91]
(−3.05)(−3.01)(−2.75)(−2.77)(−2.52)(−2.12)
Specialty Care17.7617.3115.0815.2010.948.14
[6.69][6.72][6.37][6.46][6.12][6.20]
(2.66)(2.58)(2.37)(2.35)(1.79*)(1.31)
R2.34.34.36.34.37.39
Adjusted R2.30.30.32.30.33.35
F Ratio7.967.868.728.019.159.76
  • Parameter estimates on top, standard errors in brackets, t values in parentheses.

  • * P < .1

  • P < .05

  • P < .01

  • n = 50