From: Waiting times in the ambulatory sector - the case of chronically Ill patients
All | Urban areas | Rural areas | |||||||
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Dependent variable: number of consultations | IRR | Standard errors | IRR | Standard errors | IRR | Standard errors | |||
Need | |||||||||
Age 30 to 44 | 0.966 | 0.109 | 1.229 | 0.186 | 0.805 | 0.140 | |||
Age 45 to 59 | 0.877 | 0.093 | 1.009 | 0.144 | 0.860 | 0.143 | |||
Age 60 to 69 | 0.815 | 0.088 | * | 0.879 | 0.122 | 0.786 | 0.137 | ||
Age 70 to 79 | 0.786 | 0.086 | ** | 0.766 | 0.110 | * | 0.865 | 0.154 | |
Excellent health | 0.997 | 0.130 | 1.174 | 0.212 | 0.778 | 0.150 | |||
Good health | 1.311 | 0.152 | ** | 1.474 | 0.243 | ** | 1.092 | 0.177 | |
Poor or very poor health | 1.682 | 0.195 | *** | 1.793 | 0.296 | *** | 1.461 | 0.234 | ** |
Hospitalisation in the last 12 months | 1.344 | 0.061 | *** | 1.323 | 0.085 | *** | 1.398 | 0.096 | *** |
Socioeconomic factors & Gender | |||||||||
Lowest secondary school qualification | 1.114 | 0.068 | * | 1.091 | 0.090 | 1.109 | 0.104 | ||
Intermediate secondary school qualification | 0.990 | 0.058 | 0.986 | 0.082 | 0.985 | 0.083 | |||
Male | 1.007 | 0.047 | 0.990 | 0.063 | 0.988 | 0.071 | |||
German citizenship | 0.921 | 0.148 | 1.079 | 0.207 | 0.608 | 0.186 | |||
Patient time pressures | |||||||||
Employed | 0.785 | 0.046 | *** | 0.683 | 0.056 | *** | 0.869 | 0.074 | * |
Health System | |||||||||
Privately insured | 1.051 | 0.089 | 1.106 | 0.124 | 0.978 | 0.127 | |||
GP consultation | 0.990 | 0.049 | 1.039 | 0.071 | 0.965 | 0.072 | |||
Waiting time | 1.000 | 0.001 | 0.998 | 0.002 | 1.001 | 0.001 | |||
Waiting time * privately insured | 1.001 | 0.004 | 0.997 | 0.006 | 1.006 | 0.005 | |||
Driving time to the nearest doctor (in minutes) | 1.014 | 0.014 | 1.025 | 0.020 | 1.008 | 0.021 | |||
Number of doctors per 100 000 population | 1.000 | 0.000 | 1.005 | 0.005 | 0.995 | 0.005 | |||
Spill-over effect for neighbouring regions | 0.828 | 0.105 | 0.780 | 0.162 | 0.834 | 0.133 | |||
Constant | 5.815 | 3.032 | ** | 3.101 | 1.371 | ** | 14.268 | 7.945 | *** |
Number of observations | 540 | 293 | 247 | ||||||
Number of districts | 230 | 97 | 133 | ||||||
Log likelihood | −1736.7257 | −942.6152 | −782.55849 |