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. 2015 Jul 14;39(10):2492–2499. doi: 10.1007/s00268-015-3148-8

Table 3.

Patients’ preferences for surgical management of esophageal cancer based on a panel mixed logit model

Attributes Coefficient Mixed logit value 95 % CI
Constant Mean 0.10 (−0.20 to 0.40)
SD 0.74* (0.29 to 1.20)
In-hospital mortality (per 10 %) Mean −3.67* (−5.03 to −2.30)
SD 1.46* (0.57 to 2.35)
Persistent GI symptoms (per 10 %) Mean −0.74* (−0.95 to −0.53)
SD 0.38* (0.24 to 0.51)
5-year survival (per 10 %) Mean 2.33* (1.12 to 3.55)
SD 2.14* (1.36 to 2.92)
Morbidity (per 10 %) Mean −0.67* (−0.90 to −0.45)
SD 0.38* (0.21 to 0.54)
Hospital volume
 Low (omitted) Mean −1.00* (−1.40 to −0.59)
SD
 Medium Mean 0.11 (−0.16 to 0.38)
SD 0.67* (0.38 to 0.96)
 High Mean 0.89* (0.55 to 1.22)
SD 0.92* (0.52 to 1.31)

Effects coded variable used for hospital volume. Normal distribution for random coefficients used on all attributes. The value of the omitted term equals the negative sum of the coefficients of the included attribute levels

GI gastrointestinal

p < 0.05 for statistical significance