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. 2023 Jun 23;25(3):525–537. doi: 10.1007/s10198-023-01605-7

Table 2.

The link between practice motivation and who they servea

Outcome EM UO PSM
Share of enlisted patients who are/have
20–59 year olds and unemployed for at least 6 months 0.0003 (0.001) − 0.001 (0.001) 0.001 (0.001)
25–59 year olds without vocational education − 0.002 (0.005) 0.013 (0.007) 0.003 (0.007)
25–65 year olds with low disposable family income 0.0001 (0.008) 0.004 (0.013) 0.010 (0.012)
18–59 year olds on welfare payments − 0.003 (0.004) 0.009 (0.006) 0.001 (0.006)
0–16 year olds in family with low educational level − 0.002 (0.001) 0.003 (0.002) 0.001 (0.002)
Immigrants and descendants from non-Western countries − 0.003 (0.014) − 0.002 (0.020) 0.020 (0.024)
 + 30 year olds who are single − 0.002 (0.005) 0.018* (0.008) 0.016 (0.009)
 + 70 year olds with a low disposable family income − 0.008* (0.004) 0.011* (0.005) − 0.005 (0.006)
Charlson’s comorbidity Index equal to 1 (ill patients) − 0.002 (0.001) 0.003 (0.002) − 0.002 (0.002)
Charlson’s comorbidity Index greater than 1 (severely ill patients) − 0.002 (0.002) 0.011*** (0.003) 0.002 (0.003)
Number of observations (practices) 795

aThis table shows estimates of regressions between practice motivation and care (share of high-need patients). Estimates are based on ordinary least square regressions with robust standard errors. Standard errors are in parentheses

*p < 0.05

**p < 0.01

***p < 0.001