Table 6.
Summary Statistics, Contractual equality (CE), Mean, Standard Deviations and Correlations, n = 142.
| Variable | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
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| 1 | The municipality achieved its own local adjustments in the service agreements. | 2.46 | 1.25 | 1.00 | .509 | .408 | .395 |
| 2 | The municipalities got equal impact for their own interests as the hospital. | 2.75 | 1.20 | .509 | 1.00 | .590 | .437 |
| 3 | A contribution to a more equal relationship between the municipality and hospital. | 2.88 | 1.20 | .408 | .590 | 1.00 | .717 |
| 4 | A contribution that municipalities and hospitals jointly ensure overall and continuous health services. | 3.05 | 1.05 | .395 | .437 | .717 | 1.00 |
| CE additive index | 11.15 | 3.74 | |||||
* The initial question to variable 1 and 2 was: To what extent applied the following in the process when mandatory service agreements were negotiated? The initial question to variable 3–4 was: To what extent are mandatory service agreements in The Norwegian Coordination Reform.