Questão de Administração Geral e Pública

Um estudo ecológico de abrangência nacional, desenvolvido por Macinko e colaboradores, avaliou o impacto do crescimento do Programa Saúde da Família e a redução da mortalidade infantil no Brasil, de 1990 a 2002, quando a cobertura do Programa era de 36%. Table 4 Marginal effects of main explanatory variables† Independent variable Family Health Program (% of population covered) Water access (% population covered) Hospital beds (per 1000 population) Female illiteracy (% women > 15 years who are illiterate) Fertility (mean number children/woman) Mean income (in constant R$) 95% Confidence intervals errors in parentheses. **Significant (p < 0.01). Marginal effects: percentage change in infant mortality associated with a 10% increase in the independent variable‡ −4.56** (−5.68 to −3.44) −2.92** (−5.01 to −0.84) −1.35** (−2.16 to −0.55) 16.82** (11.38 to 22.26) 1.78** (0.49 to 3.08) 1.11** (0.37 to 1.85) †Based on final model (model 4 from table 2); non-significant variables and fixed effects not shown. ‡Marginal effects evaluated at the mean of all other independent variables (predicted IMR = 37.441). Assinale a assertiva correta de acordo com os resultados apresentados na tabela.