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Table 5 The association between lagged effects of postnatal visits and U5MR in China

From: Association between maternal health service utilization and under-five mortality rate in China and its provinces, 1990–2017

Characteristic

Model 9

Model 10

Model 11

Model 12

Gamma distribution

Negative binomial distribution

Gaussian distribution

Poisson distribution

OR

95%CI

OR

95%CI

OR

95%CI

OR

95%CI

Prenatal screening

0.999

0.987

1.012

0.999

0.987

1.012

1.002

0.992

1.012

1.001

0.989

1.012

Hospital delivery

0.991*

0.986

0.995

0.991*

0.986

0.995

0.994*

0.991

0.996

0.993*

0.990

0.996

Postpartum visits

1.009

0.998

1.021

1.009

0.998

1.021

1.004

0.995

1.013

1.007

0.997

1.017

Postpartum visits in the previous year

0.993*

0.987

0.999

0.993*

0.987

0.999

0.995*

0.992

0.998

0.994*

0.989

0.999

Years of schooling per capita

0.933

0.846

1.028

0.934

0.847

1.029

0.948

0.870

1.033

0.942

0.860

1.032

GDP per capita

0.996*

0.991

1.000

0.996*

0.991

1.000

0.996

0.991

1.001

0.996

0.992

1.000

Birth rate

1.057*

1.019

1.097

1.058*

1.019

1.098

1.060*

1.017

1.105

1.059*

1.018

1.102

Disposable income per capita

0.988

0.975

1.000

0.987*

0.975

1.000

0.978*

0.964

0.992

0.982*

0.969

0.995

Total number of health workers

0.999*

0.999

1.000

0.999*

0.999

1.000

0.999*

0.999

1.000

0.999*

0.999

1.000

Emissions of particulate matter in exhaust gas

1.000

0.999

1.002

1.000

0.999

1.002

1.000

0.998

1.001

1.000

0.999

1.001

  1. Notes (1) OR, odds ratio; (2) *P < 0.05; (3) CI, confidence interval