Table 4.
Summary of the analyses for the dependent variable Comprehensiveness of care (PREM), multilevel linear regression
| Potential case-mix variable | Fixed effect significant (y/n) | Slope effect GP level important* (y/n) |
Slope effect country level important (y/n) |
Case-mix control (y/n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self-reported general health |
Yes Worse self-reported health → more experienced comprehensiveness |
No | No | Yes |
| Longstanding disease |
Yes Longstanding disease → more experienced comprehensiveness |
No | No | Yes |
| Patient’s age |
Yes Older than 40 → better experienced comprehensiveness |
No | No | Yes |
| Patient’s sex | No | No | No | No |
| Education |
Yes Higher education → less experienced comprehensiveness |
No | No | Yes |
| Income |
Yes Higher income → less experienced comprehensiveness |
No | No | Yes |
| Migrant status |
Yes Second generation migrants → less experienced comprehensiveness |
No | No | Yes |
| Place of living |
Yes In mixed urban–rural and rural areas → more experienced comprehensiveness |
No | No | Yes |
*Important means that the difference in variance between categories is more that 0.25*variance in the model with fixed effect and random intercept