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Table 1 Frequency and proportion of respondents reporting policies or programme activities by socioeconomic indicator quartiles

From: Associations between national viral hepatitis policies/programmes and country-level socioeconomic factors: a sub-analysis of data from the 2013 WHO viral hepatitis policy report

 

Income level groups n (% group)

 

Low

N = 14

Lower middle

N = 34

Upper middle

N = 33

High

N = 38

p-valueǂ

National strategy or plan

4 (29)

13 (38)

13 (39)

14 (37)

<0.001

Routine surveillance

6 (43)

25 (74)

30 (91)

38 (100)

<0.001

Awareness campaign

3 (21)

18 (53)

17 (52)

15 (40)

<0.001

Prevention in healthcare settings

5 (36)

17 (50)

29 (88)

33 (87)

<0.001

Health worker vaccination

2 (25)

15 (60)

27 (87)

33 (97)

<0.001

 

Human Development Index groups n (% group)

 

Low

N = 21

Lower middle

N = 28

Upper middle

N = 33

High

N = 37

p-valueǂ

National strategy or plan

4 (19)

14 (50)

12 (36)

14 (38)

<0.001

Routine surveillance

8 (38)

22 (79)

32 (97)

37 (100)

<0.001

Awareness campaign

8 (38)

12 (43)

16 (49)

17 (46)

<0.001

Prevention in healthcare settings

7 (33)

17 (61)

26 (79)

34 (92)

<0.001

Health worker vaccination

2 (20)

16 (64)

25 (89)

34 (97)

<0.001

 

Health expenditure groups n (% group)

 

Low

N = 25

Lower middle

N = 30

Upper middle

N = 28

High

N = 36

p-valueǂ

National strategy or plan

6 (24)

14 (47)

10 (36)

14 (39)

<0.001

Routine surveillance

12 (48)

25 (83)

26 (93)

36 (100)

<0.001

Awareness campaign

7 (28)

18 (60)

13 (46)

15 (42)

<0.001

Prevention in healthcare settings

7 (28)

22 (73)

24 (86)

31 (86)

<0.001

Health worker vaccination

6 (40)

16 (64)

24 (92)

31 (97)

<0.001

 

Physician density groups n (% group)

 

Low

N = 19

Lower middle

N = 28

Upper middle

N = 34

High

N = 38

p-valueǂ

National strategy or plan

4 (21)

11 (39)

16 (47)

13 (34)

<0.001

Routine surveillance

7 (37)

24 (86)

30 (88)

38 (100)

<0.001

Awareness campaign

6 (32)

13 (46)

13 (38)

21 (55)

<0.001

Prevention in healthcare settings

5 (26)

19 (68)

28 (82)

32 (84)

<0.001

Health worker vaccination

3 (27)

18 (75)

25 (83)

31 (94)

<0.001

  1. ǂMann-Whitney test