Table 5.
Main Effects of the Mixed Logit Model Results: Physicians Preference for TCM Therapy of Lung Cancers
| Attributes and Levels | Coefficient | SE | SD | SE | 95% CI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Limit | Upper Limit | |||||
| Disease control rate (Ref: 30%) | ||||||
| 55% | 1.217*** | 0.112 | 0.007 | 0.158 | 0.998 | 1.435 |
| 80% | 2.389*** | 0.183 | 1.298*** | 0.169 | 2.029 | 2.748 |
| Nausea & vomiting (Ref: Strongly Severe) | ||||||
| Severe | 1.011*** | 0.153 | 0.002 | 0.206 | 0.711 | 1.312 |
| Moderate | 1.944*** | 0.165 | 0.018 | 0.416 | 1.620 | 2.267 |
| Mild | 2.034*** | 0.169 | 0.395** | 0.291 | 1.702 | 2.366 |
| Risk of side effects (Ref: High) | ||||||
| Medium | 0.592*** | 0.105 | 0.003 | 0.157 | 0.386 | 0.798 |
| Low | 0.781*** | 0.120 | 0.693*** | 0.173 | 0.547 | 1.016 |
| Monthly out-of-pocket costs | −0.0000201 | 0.0000172 | 0.0001069** | 0.0000366 | −0.0000538 | 0.0000135 |
| Sample size | 185 | |||||
| Observation value | 3330 | |||||
| LR chi2 (8) | 56.76 | |||||
| Log likelihood | −729.519 | |||||
| AIC | 1489.039 | |||||
| BIC | 1580.699 | |||||
Notes: **p <0.05; ***p <0.01.
Abbreviations: SE, standard error; SD, standard deviation; Ref, reference; AIC, Akaike information criterion; BIC, Bayesian information criterion.