Table 4 Association between region and the number of different services by general practitioners: results of a multivariate linear regression adjusted for random effects on the levels of German federal states and administrative districts within the federal states (n = 203)
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ß (95% CI) | p | ß (95% CI) | p | ß (95% CI) | p | |
Region | ||||||
urban areasvs.rural areas | −1.42 (−2.75 to − 0.08) | 0.038 | −0.93 (− 2.34 to 0.48) | 0.196 | −0.96 (− 2.47 to 0.55) | 0.211 |
environs vs. rural areas | −0.90 (−2.36 to 0.55) | 0.225 | − 0.55 (− 1.92 to 0.82) | 0.431 | − 0.64 (− 2.01 to 0.74) | 0.365 |
Age of the physician (in years) | − 0.07 (− 0.13 to − 0.01) | 0.016 | − 0.04 (− 0.11 to 0.02) | 0.228 | −0.04 (− 0.10 to 0.02) | 0.238 |
Gender of the physician: malevs.female | 1.67 (0.58 to 2.77) | 0.003 | 1.47 (0.40 to 2.54) | 0.007 | 1.47 (0.39 to 2.56) | 0.008 |
Postgraduate medical specialist training | ||||||
none (general practitioner) | −3.18 (−6.19 to − 0.17) | 0.038 | −2.92 (−5.95 to 0.11) | 0.059 | ||
general medicine | −0.58 (−2.65 to 1.50) | 0.584 | −0.58 (−2.66 to 1.50) | 0.586 | ||
internal medicine | −1.37 (−3.25 to 0.52) | 0.156 | −1.43 (−3.33 to 0.45) | 0.135 | ||
Number of areas of advanced medical training | 0.29 (−0.02 to 0.59) | 0.066 | 0.31 (0.00 to 0.61) | 0.050 | ||
Type of practice | ||||||
group practice vs. individual practice | 0.99 (−1.16 to 3.15) | 0.367 | ||||
joint practice vs. individual practice | 0.91 (0.18 to 2.01) | 0.103 | ||||
medical care centre vs. individual practice | −0.53 (4.69 to 3.62) | 0.802 | ||||
Number of treated patients (per 100 patients every month) | 0.00 (−0.00 to 0.00) | 0.978 | ||||