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. 1981 Spring;2(4):9–24.

Table 5. OLS Estimates of the Probability of Participating in Private Business for Sample Stratified by Physician Output: Plan A.

Variable First Tercile Second Tercile Third Tercile

Parameter Estimate t-ratio Parameter Estimate t-ratio Parameter Estimate t-ratio
INTERCEPT 3.218* 2.56 2.563* 2.05 2.488* 2.00
APRVU .144** 3.01 .411** 4.03 .726** 6.59
CPRVU -.171** -5.14 -.400** -5.24 -.550** -6.90
LAGPRCLM -.001** -3.27 -.001 -1.79 -.0002 -.39
AGE .005** 3.16 .003* 2.15 .001 .55
AMASEX .119* 2.09 .140 1.95 .063 .74
BORDCERT -.100** -2.83 -.099** -2.88 .004 .11
FMG .091* 2.50 .132** 3.68 .165** 4.55
GROUP -.204** -5.39 -.138** -3.63 .032 .84
PARTNER .139** 3.09 .037 .83 .095* 2.46
OTHER—EM .121** 2.63 .086 1.52 .201** 3.05
PD— .243** 3.67 .086 1.01 -.055 -.48
IM .036 .53 -.027 -.40 -.351** -4.65
OTHRSPEC .112 1.94 .021 .37 -.088 -1.36
INPAHOSP -.034 -.95 .086 1.89 .130** 2.65
WAGEINDX .029 1.39 -.017 -.77 -.006 -.23
DOCPRCAP 198.520 .78 126.831 .50 205.131 .81
OUTPPRCP .246 .58 .480 1.20 .063 .16
INPERCAP -.001* -2.06 -.0003 -1.15 -.001 -1.76
ENRBPRCP -6.247* -2.21 -7.613** -2.69 -3.884 -1.46
PRCT—URB -.0002 -1.07 -.0002 -1.17 .0003 1.85
TIME74 .086 .46 .216 1.24 .233 1.39
TIME75 -.011 -.05 .272 1.31 .232 1.10
TIME76 .359 .81 .479 1.17 .634 1.65
DFE 784 791 794
SSE 119.16 125.93 119.84
MSE .15 .16 .15
F 11.18 8.96 8.71
PROB>F .0001 .0001 .0001
R2 .25 .21 .20

One and two asterisks denote coefficients significantly different from zero at the 5 percent and 1 percent levels respectively (two-tailed tests).