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Table 4 Factors associated with childhood immunization research productivity identified by zero-truncated negative binomial regression models.

From: A bibliometric analysis of childhood immunization research productivity in Africa since the onset of the Expanded Program on Immunization in 1974

 

Univariable

Multivariable

Variable

IRR (95% CI)

P-value

IRR (95% CI)

P-value

DTP3 coverage

0.38 (0.04, 3.42)

0.389

not included

 

Gross domestic product (US dollar)

1.46 (1.23, 1.73)

0.000

1.55 (0.82, 2.93)

0.177

Adult literacy rate

1.21 (0.36, 4.09)

0.764

not included

 

Physicians per 100,000 population

1.27 (0.92, 1.74)

0.147

0.77 (0.56, 1.04)

0.089

Total expenditure on health

3.98 (0.97, 16.21)

0.054

0.68 (0.12, 3.94)

0.665

Private expenditure on health

3.18 (1.62, 6.22)

0.001

3.64 (1.46, 9.07)

0.006

Research and development expenditure

1.47 (1.21, 1.78)

0.000

0.96 (0.49, 1.87)

0.897

Human development index

2.65 (0.45, 15.57)

0.280

not included

 
  1. DTP3, third dose of the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine by one year of age; IRR, incidence rate ratio; CI, confidence intervals