From: Regional Variations in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality in Japan: An Ecological Study
Overall | Less populated group (<1.6 million) (n = 24) |
More populated group (≥1.6 million) (n = 23) |
p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
COVID-19 mortality index, mean (SD) | 12.7 (4.0) | 14.0 (4.9) | 11.4 (3.0) | 0.026※ |
Number of physicians per hospital bed, mean (SD) | 0.21 (0.04) | 0.19 (0.03) | 0.23 (0.05) | 0.002※ |
Number of physicians per 10,000 population, mean (SD) | 27.4 (4.3) | 28.7 (3.6) | 26.1 (4.7) | 0.038※ |
Number of hospital beds per 10,000 population, mean (SD) | 137 (35) | 156 (30) | 119 (28) | <0.001※ |
Number of LTCF per 10,000 population, mean (SD) | 4.29 (1.4) | 5.12 (1.3) | 3.42 (1.0) | <0.001※ |
Aging rate (≥65 y) (%), mean (SD) | 30.7 (3.1) | 32.3 (3.0) | 29.1 (2.4) | <0.001※ |
From: Regional Variations in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality in Japan: An Ecological Study
Variables | Univariable | Multivariable※※ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Correlation coefficient | p-value | Beta | p-value | |
Number of physicians per hospital bed | −0.386 | 0.007※ | −0.053 | 0.805 |
Number of LTCF per 10,000 population | 0.397 | 0.006※ | 0.099 | 0.643 |
Aging rate (≥65 y) (%) | 0.471 | 0.001※ | 0.362 | 0.094 |
From: Regional Variations in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality in Japan: An Ecological Study
Variables | Univariable | Multivariable※※ | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Correlation coefficient | p-value | Beta | p-value | |
Less populated group (<1.6 million) (n = 24) | ||||
Number of physicians per hospital bed | −0.611 | 0.002※ | −0.543 | 0.024※ |
Number of LTCF per 10,000 population | 0.352 | 0.091 | −0.231 | 0.304 |
Aging rate (≥65 y) (%) | 0.601 | 0.002※ | 0.434 | 0.032※ |
More populated prefectures (≥1.6 million) (n = 23) | ||||
Number of physicians per hospital bed | −0.041 | 0.852 | −0.139 | 0.628 |
Number of LTCF per 10,000 population | 0.098 | 0.656 | 0.293 | 0.409 |
Aging rate (≥65 y) (%) | −0.053 | 0.811 | −0.432 | 0.334 |