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Table 4 Correlation coefficients of per capita pharmaceutical expenditure (′000) according to levels of dichotomous variables

From: What variables should be considered in allocating Primary health care Pharmaceutical budgets to districts in Uganda?

Variables

PHCPECapita

Total Population: POPTOT

−.343**

Percentage Female: PERCFEM

−0.061

Percent rural population below poverty line: RURALPOV

−.282**

Immunization Coverage: DPT3COVER

0.038

Per Capita OPD utilization: OPDCAPITA

.498**

Access to Safe drinking Water: ACCESSWATER

−.264**

Latrine Coverage in Households:LATCOVERAGE

0.092

Human Development Index: HDI

0.018

Human Poverty Index: HPI

0.154

Labour Absorption Rate: LABOURABSRATE

0.113

Urbanisation Rate: URBANISATION

−0.145

Literacy Rate-Total: LITRATETotal

0.024

Literacy Rate-Female LITRATEFemale

0.061

Literacy Rate-Male: LITRATEMale

0.081

Number of Government Health facilities: HFGOVTOT

0.115

Number of hospitals in district:HOSPTOT

−0.129

Number of NGO health facilities: HFNGO

−0.055

Percentage of facilities that are HC II: PERCHCII

0.163

Percentage of facilities that are HC III: PERCHCIII

−.191*

Percentage of facilities that are HC IV: PERCHCIV

0.046

Percentage of Approved posts filled: STAFFSTRENGTH

−0.07

Percentage of population within 5 km to a Health Facility: ACCESS

0.107

  1. *Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
  2. **Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).