Table 4.
Estimates from conditional logit models of hospital choice
| Baseline Model |
Transplant recipients only |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Quality | Distance | Quality | Distance |
| Level | 3.258 (1.190)* | −0.021 (0.000)* | −0.187 (1.740) | −0.021 (0.000)* |
| ×Age | −0.011 (0.015) | −0.009 (0.001)* | −0.005 (0.019) | −0.007 (0.001)* |
| ×Male | −0.004 (0.322) | −0.023 (0.018) | −0.145 (0.454) | −0.017 (0.028) |
| ×White | 1.420 (0.336)* | −0.025 (0.019) | 1.135 (0.463)* | −0.076 (0.029)* |
| ×On dialysis | −0.123 (0.469) | −0.038 (0.023) | −1.010 (0.617) | −0.014 (0.033) |
| ×Living donor | −0.435 (0.503) | −0.060 (0.028)* | −0.565 (0.526) | 0.126 (0.031)* |
| ×Diabetic | −0.212 (0.354) | −0.038 (0.021) | −0.705 (0.512) | −0.114 (0.033)* |
| ×Cardiac condition | −0.474 (0.406) | −0.116 (0.025)* | −0.262 (0.612) | −0.113 (0.041)* |
| ×ADL limitation | −5.303 (0.653)* | −0.124 (0.044)* | −3.461 (0.994)* | −0.137 (0.071) |
| ×Survive >1 year | -- | -- | 4.718 (0.719)* | −0.212 (0.042)* |
| ×Education: HS degree | −1.339 (0.789) | −0.324 (0.032)* | −0.942 (1.089) | −0.415 (0.050)* |
| ×Education: College degree | 0.913 (0.898) | −0.223 (0.038)* | 0.685 (1.212) | −0.309 (0.059)* |
| ×Education: Unknown | −0.816 (0.819) | −0.337 (0.035)* | −1.999 (1.131) | −0.351 (0.055)* |
| ×Employed | −1.203 (0.364)* | −0.132 (0.021)* | −1.012 (0.504)* | −0.093 (0.031)* |
| ×Private insurance | 2.609 (0.357)* | 0.168 (0.020)* | 2.411 (0.498)* | 0.182 (0.031)* |
| N | 33,907 | 18,344 | ||
Standard errors are in parentheses
P < 0.05.