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Table 3 Hurdle Poisson models for all countries and for non-OECD/EU countries (response variable: eHealth legislation, standard errors in parentheses)

From: Government capacities and stakeholders: what facilitates ehealth legislation?

 

All countries

Non-OECD/EU countries

 

Model 1

Model 2

Model 3

Model 4

Model 5

Model 6

Model 7

Model 8

 

Count model coefficients (truncated poisson with log link)

 

(Intercept)

0.03 (0.40)

0.15 (0.69)

0.82 (0.12)***

0.50 (0.78)

0.33 (0.49)

1.36 (1.13)

0.18 (0.24)

1.81 (1.15)

Physicians per 10,000 inhabitants (log)

0.45 (0.10)***

  

0.23 (0.11)*

0.16 (0.12)

  

0.13 (0.13)

Population Density km2 2007 (log)

−0.12 (0.06)*

  

−0.11 (0.06)#

 

−0.11 (0.10)

  

Government expenditures on health

 

0.02 (0.01)***

 

0.02 (0.01)*

 

0.03 (0.01)**

 

0.02 (0.01)*

Government surplus/deficit (average from 2000–2010)

 

0.01 (0.02)

   

−0.04 (0.05)

  

Economic freedom in labor and credit market (less regulation)

  

−0.23 (0.09)**

−0.21 (0.09)*

 

−0.51 (0.18)**

 

−0.52 (0.19)**

ODA received

 

−0.01 (0.02)

   

−0.02 (0.03)

  

Autocracy-democracy (Polity IV score)

 

0.07 (0.02**)

 

0.05 (0.02)*

 

0.04 (0.03)

 

0.04 (0.03)

Public sector activity

 

0.08 (0.06)

   

0.09 (0.11)

  

Donor activity

  

−0.17 (0.04)***

−0.05 (0.05)

  

−0.14 (0.07)#

−0.08 (0.09)

Public-private partnership activity

  

0.05 (0.05)

   

0.35 (0.09)***

0.32 (0.10)***

Private sector activity

  

0.11 (0.04)*

0.08 (0.04)*

  

−0.18 (0.09)*

−0.12 (0.10)

 

Zero hurdle model coefficients (binomial with logit link)

 

(Intercept)

−0.12 (0.78)

1.51 (1.57)

1.14 (0.35)***

2.31 (1.69)

−0.16 (0.77)

1.33 (1.56)

0.43 (0.39)

1.71 (1.61)

Physicians per 10,000 inhabitants (log)

0.84 (0.17)***

  

0.97 (0.22)***

0.66 (0.18)***

  

0.79 (0.22)***

Population density km2 2007 (log)

−0.07 (0.18)

  

−0.08 (0.21)

−0.05 (0.18)

   

Government expenditures on health

 

0.02 (0.02)

 

0.02 (0.02)

 

0.01 (0.02)

 

0.02 (0.02)

Government surplus/deficit (average 2000–2010)

 

−0.03 (0.06)

   

−0.03 (0.06)

  

Economic freedom in labor and credit market (less regulation)

 

−0.37 (0.26)

 

−0.54 (0.30)#

 

−0.32 (0.26)

 

−0.50 (0.30)#

ODA received

 

−0.05 (0.03)#

   

−0.03 (0.03)

  

Autocracy-democracy (Polity IV score)

 

0.12 (0.04)**

 

0.12 (0.05)**

 

0.07 (0.04)#

 

0.08 (0.05)#

Public sector activity

 

0.23 (0.12)#

   

0.23 (0.12)#

  

Donor activity

  

−0.24 (0.10)*

0.03 (0.13)

  

−0.07 (0.11)

0.03 (0.13)

Public-private partnership activity

  

0.32 (0.16)#

   

0.35 (0.17)*

0.26 (0.18)

Private sector activity

  

0.08 (0.12)

0.04 (0.14)

  

−0.04 (0.14)

−0.07 (0.16)

N

114

114

114

114

84

84

84

84

Log-likelihood

−180.9

−176.2

−196.8

−162.7

−114.6

−108.2

−113.7

−97.19

Df

6

14

8

16

6

14

8

16

  1. ***p < 0.001 **p < 0.01 *p < 0.05 #p < 0.1.