Table 2. Annual changes of doctor density and urologist density according to metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas.
| beta | se | Lower | Upper | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doctor | intercept | 163.1 | 6.1 | 150.9 | 175.3 | < 0.001* |
| area(non-metropolitan) | –39.4 | 6.0 | –51.3 | –27.5 | < 0.001* | |
| year† | 2.4 | 2.1 | –1.7 | 6.6 | 0.249 | |
| Urologist | intercept | 4.1 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 | < 0.001* |
| area(non-metropolitan) | –1.0 | 0.1 | –1.2 | –0.7 | < 0.001* | |
| year† | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.002* |
†Year of 2007 was used as reference year.
*Statistically significant.