TABLE 3.

Model results for relative value units, controlling for individual physicians. ^a

Variable	B	β	T	p
Language preference other than English	−0.408	−0.119	−1.935	0.055
Sex	0.106	0.035	0.588	0.557
Age 26–45 years	0.387	0.123	1.618	0.107
Age 46–65 years	0.259	0.076	0.992	0.323
Age ≥ 66 years	0.053	0.012	0.136	0.892
Disposition = admitted	1.418	0.337	5.290	<0.001
Emergency severity index (ESI) = 3	−0.244	−0.080	−0.963	0.337
ESI = 4	−0.809	−0.244	−2.712	0.007
ESI = 5	−1.052	−0.116	−1.811	0.072
Payor type = Medicaid	0.084	0.028	0.272	0.786
Commercial	0.452	0.128	1.387	0.167
None/Self‐pay	−0.815	−0.120	−1.742	0.83
Total time spent by physician	1.360	0.191	2.932	0.004

^a Overall model performance: R ² = 0.46, F(22,184) = 7.00, p = < 0.001.