Table 3. Parameter Estimates From Hospital Choice Model .

Variables	2005		2012
	Coefficient	Standard Error	Coefficient	Standard Error
Distance	-0.001***	(0.000)	-0.001***	(0.000)
Number of beds	-0.021***	(0.005)	0.114***	(0.003)
Closest hospital (ref = yes)	0.601***	(0.029)	0.596***	(0.025)
Closest x high income (ref):
Closest x low income	-0.821***	(0.021)	-0.697***	(0.019)
Closest x medium income	-0.806***	(0.021)	-0.814***	(0.022)
Closest x age <50 (ref):
Closest x age (50-59 years)	-0.051*	(0.024)	-0.034	(0.022)
Closest x age (60-69 years)	-0.040	(0.025)	-0.130***	(0.025)
Closest x age (>70 years)	-0.101***	(0.025)	-0.151***	(0.022)
Hospital type (ref =CH):
CHR	0.494***	(0.036)	0.196***	(0.032)
CLCC	0.026	(0.029)	0.299***	(0.025)
PL	0.129***	(0.026)	0.392***	(0.024)
PNL	-0.344***	(0.047)	0.379***	(0.036)
N	54 904		62 250
Log-likelihood	-291 741***		-342 411***

Abbreviations: CH, public hospitals;CHR, regional teaching hospitals; CLCC, cancer centers; PL, private for profit; PNL, private non-profit.

* Significant at 10%; *** Significant at 1%.