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. 2011 Jul 15;11:170. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-170

Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of waiting times for elective care (estimates with standard error in parentheses)

Variable: Model 1 Sig. Model 2 Sig. Model 3 Sig. Model 4 Sig.
Estimate (S.E) Estimate (S.E) Estimate (S.E) Estimate (S.E)

Age -0.31 (0.63) -0.35 (0.64) -0.01 (0.01) -0.00 (0.00)

Gender 23.66 (12.54) * 24.27 (12.53) * 0.15 (0.15) 0.30 (0.13) **

Distance to local hospital -0.18 (0.26) -0.14 (0.26) 0.00 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00)

Education -5.50 (4.24) -3.74 (4.29) -0.11 (0.07) * -

Income -9.31 (9.54) -10.98 (9.55) -0.08 (0.12) -


Health status -99.07 (28.76) **** -90.19 (28.96) *** -0.51 (0.32) 0.24 (0.40)

Number of visits to GP -89.67 (27.31) **** -85.95 (27.30) *** -0.03 (0.29) 0.20 (0.31)

Number of hospital stays 0.83 (26.15) 5.59 (26.23) 0.16 (0.30) 0.52 (0.31) *


Non-choice & non-mobile - 0.00 0.00 0.00

Choice & non-mobile - -50.60 (30.12) * -0.24 (0.45) -

Non-choice & mobile - -65.80 (33.58) ** -1.29 (0.32) **** -

Choice & mobile - -78.19 (36.04) ** -0.62 (0.33) * -

IV for choice/mobility - - - -5.36 (1.46) ****


Year 2003 76.58 (24.77) *** 77.04 (24.88) *** -0.45 (0.28) -0.34 (0.27)

Year 2004 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

ICD10 chapter 2 307.39(51.84) **** 304.16 (51.88) **** 1.71 (0.59) *** 4.33 (1.52) ***

ICD10 chapter 4 351.46 (77.57) **** 347.25 (77.49) **** 2.26 (0.51) **** 4.92 (1.64) ****

ICD10 chapter 6 69.70 (53.65) 80.17 (53.83) -0.70 (0.77) 1.66 (1.51)

ICD10 chapter 7 106.32 (59.83) * 112.60 (59.82) * 1.02 (0.57) * 3.63 (1.55) **

ICD10 chapter 8 240.73 (71.45) **** 239.69 (71.43) **** 1.10 (1.10) 3.83 (1.61) **

ICD10 chapter 9 53.65 (52.34) 46.92 (52.38) 1.17 (0.66) * 3.80 (1.51) **

ICD10 chapter 10 104.20(63.39) 101.55 (63.30) 1.38 (0.52) *** 4.12 (1.55) ***

ICD10 chapter 11 75.02 (56.06) 67.08 (56.12) 1.70 (0.49) **** 4.32 (1.53) ****

ICD10 chapter 12 82.97 (63.19) 72.68 (63.35) 1.30 (0.58) ** 3.97 (1.57) **

ICD10 chapter 13 124.00 (39.46) *** 126.27 (39.49) *** 1.02 (0.47) ** 3.61 (1.47) **

ICD10 chapter 14 76.00 (59.14) 72.22 (59.15) 1.18 (0.51) ** 3.73 (1.54) **

ICD10 chapter 15 -21.30(68.32) -26.36 (68.40) -0.75 (1.26) 1.87 (1.60)

ICD10 chapter 17 274.38 (84.51) **** 276.53 (84.42) **** 2.28 (0.57) **** 5.10 (1.66) ****

ICD10 chapter 18 -30.48 (61.28) -33.45 (61.24) 0.49 (0.81) 3.11 (1.55) **

ICD10 chapter 19 -53.81 (54.18) -49.94 (54.16) -1.42 (0.87) 1.18 (1.51)

ICD10 chapter 21 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.61 (1.46) *

Medical treatment 83.71 (28.57) *** 73.27 (28.80) *** 0.60 (0.28) ** -

Surgical treatment 0.00 0.00 0.00 -


Estimation procedure OLS with fixed effects OLS with fixed effects OLS with fixed effects 2SLS with fixed effects

Number of observations 1274 1274 1348 1361

-2LogLikelihood 19202 19169 8048

R2 0,07

****sig. = 0.001, *** sig. = 0.01, **sig. = 0.05, *sig. = 0.10