Table 3.

Effect of Gamma Regression on Primary Care Visits

CharacteristicsDFChi square statistic*
Service agreement (SA)187.3
Female14.7
Female × SA14.3
Age group3104.3
Age group × SA364.1
Education234.5
Employed130.2
Insured11128.9
Comorbidity113690.4
  • DF, degree of freedom; SA, service agreement.

  • * Gamma regression model was used to calculate the P values.

  • P < .05;

  • P < .01.