Table 3. GEE model results for the inpatient hospitalization outcome.

The estimates are based on standardized and transformed data.

GEE Regression Models for Inpatient Hospitalization
Variable	Estimate	Exp (Estimate)	95% Confidence Limits	Z-Statistic	P-value
Intercept	-4.45	0.01	(-4.41, -3.68)	-21.82	< .0001
Age	0.24	1.27	(0.03,0.46)	2.25	0.024
Sex (F)	-0.05	0.95	(-0.2,0.09)	-0.67	0.50
Provider type (other)	0.91	2.49	(0.30, 1.53)	2.92	0.003
Provider type (specialist)	1.11	3.04	(0.77,1.45)	6.37	< .0001
Community betweenness	0.27	1.31	(0.03,0.4)	2.37	0.02
Community degree	-0.34	0.70	(-0.68, -0.01)	-2.04	0.041
Community closeness	-0.37	0.68	(-0.65,-0.10)	-2.72	0.006
Year	-0.07	0.93	(-0.17,0.02)	-1.49	0.35
Community betweenness x year	0.09	1.09	(-0.19, 0.38)	0.64	0.52
Community degree x year	-0.22	0.79	(-0.51,0.06)	-1.54	0.12
Community closeness x year	-0.36	0.7	(-0.63,-0.08)	-2.58	0.010

QIC = 2412.69, significant variables are bold