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Table 5 Estimation of the latent class model

From: Public preferences for primary care provision in Germany – a discrete choice experiment

 

Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

Class 4

Class share

0.354

0.149

0.300

0.197

Coeff. (SE)

95% CI

Coeff. (SE)

95% CI

Coeff. (SE)

95% CI

Coeff. (SE)

95% CI

Home visits are provided (ref. no home visits provided)

1.311*** (0.213)

0.892–1.729

3.243*** (0.535)

2.194–4.291

0.604*** (0.119)

0.371–0.837

0.573*** (0.120)

0,337–0.810

Healthcare provision through one GP (ref: through changing GPs)

−0.108 (0.199)

− 0.498 – 0.282

− 0.011 (0.202)

− 0.502 –0.290

0.290* (0.131)

0.033–0.547

2.097*** (0.204)

1.697–2.497

Practice opens four days a week (ref: 3 days)

1.957** (0.646)

0.690–3.224

− 0.390 (0.351)

−1.078 –0.299

1.714*** (0.226)

1.271–2.157

−0.095 (0.212)

− 0.511 – 0.321

Practice opens five days a week (ref: 3 Tage)

2.363*** (0.644)

1.101–3.626

0.131 (0.219)

−0.299 – 0.562

2.784*** (0.326)

2.146–3.422

0.272 (0.127)

0.024–0.520

Delegation of medical tasks (ref: no delegation)

0.205 (0.184)

−0.156 – 0.565

1.147* (0.532)

0.104–2.190

0.030 (0.113)

− 0.192 – 0.252

−0.545*** (0.131)

− 0.803 – − 0.288

Extensive diagnostic facilities (ref: limited diagnostic facilities)

1.368*** (0.289)

0.802–1.933

−0.140 (0.442)

−1.007 – 0.726

0.463** (0.142)

0.186–0.742

0.918*** (0.39)

0.645–1.190

Distance to practice (metr., in minutes)

− 0.106*** (0.024)

−0.152 – − 0.060

−0.044* (0.022)

− 0.088 – 0.001

−0.048*** (0.007)

− 0.062 – − 0.035

−0.022** (0.007)

− 0.035 – − 0.008

No. of observations

13,562

No. of persons

904

Log-Likelihood

− 3038.661

BIC

6077.322

AIC

6077.322

CAIC

5930.112

  1. Metr. metric, GP General practitioner, ref. reference category, CI confidence interval, Coef. coefficient, SE standard error, ref. reference category, No. number, BIC Bayesian Information Criterion, AIC Akaike Information Criterion, CAIC ‘consistent’ AIC; Significance: *p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001