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Table 1 Mean values and standard deviation of independent municipal-level variables for the years 2015, 2020, and 2030

From: Mortality associated with alternative primary healthcare policies: a nationwide microsimulation modelling study in Brazil

 

Variables

2015

2020

2030

Static ESF coverage (scenario 1)

ESF coverage

84.7% (22.2%)

80.4% (23.5%)

80.4% (23.5%)

Contracting ESF coverage (scenario 2)

ESF coverage

84.7% (22.2%)

66.5% (20.0%)

37.8% (13.9%)

Contracting ESF coverage and Mais Médicos termination (scenario 3)

ESF coverage

84.7% (22.2%)

37.0% (30.0%)

16.0% (18.6%)

Universal Health Coverage (scenario 4)

ESF coverage

84.7% (22.2%)

95.6% (4.7%)

99.9% (0.002%)

All scenarios

BFP municipal coverage

33.5% (22.1%)

37.9% (29.1%)

29.7% (25.3%)

Poverty rate

13.8% (15.3%)

18.4% (21.5%)

12.0% (17.4%)

Log of illiteracy rate

− 2.37 (0.79)

− 2.98 (1.06)

− 3.38 (1.27)

Urbanisation rate

68.4% (22.2%)

71.5% (22.4%)

75.8% (23.1%)

Public hospital beds

0.13 (0.21)

0.12 (0.29)

0.13 (0.25)

Private hospital beds

0.04 (0.10)

0.05 (0.11)

0.05 (0.12)

Log of private healthcare insurance

− 5.62 (1.62)

− 5.52 (1.66)

− 5.46 (1.73)

Log of GDP per capita

− 4.70 (0.71)

− 4.54 (1.02)

−  4.48 (1.46)

  1. Mean values reported and standard deviations shown in parentheses. ESF coverage, BFP coverage, poverty rate, and urbanisation rate expressed as percentages. Private healthcare insurance and GDP per capita are log-transformed. Illiteracy rate is the illiteracy rate of those aged 25 years and over and is log-transformed. GDP is log-transformed. Public and private hospital beds are expressed per 1000 municipal inhabitants
  2. BFP Bolsa Família Programme, ESF Estratégia Saúde da Família (Family Health Strategy), GDP gross domestic product