Staged Logistic Regressions for 1998 to 1999 Panel
Variables | Physician Variables Only | Physician + Practice Variables | Physician + Practice + Effects Variables | Physician + Practice + Effect + Perception Variables |
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Physician Variables | ||||
Race (white) | 0.259 (0.070)§ | 0.209 (0.079)† | 0.183 (0.082)* | -0.171 (0.085)* |
Gender (female) | 0.000 (0.070) | 0.010 (0.079) | 0.009 (0.080) | 0.061 (0.083) |
Salaried | 0.396 (0.060)§ | 0.097 (0.084) | 0.110 (0.085) | 0.108 (0.088) |
Specialty | ||||
Internal medicine | 0.609 (0.307)* | 0.716 (0.359)* | 0.707 (0.360)* | 0.775 (0.371)* |
Family practice | 0.865 (0.306)‡ | 0.732 (0.360)* | 0.767 (0.362)* | 0.782 (0.373)* |
Pediatrics | 1.208 (0.311)§ | 1.276 (0.368)§ | 1.274 (0.370)§ | 1.298 (0.381)§ |
Began practice after 1975 | 0.291 (0.072)§ | 0.349 (0.082)§ | 0.351 (0.083)§ | 0.331 (0.087)§ |
Importance of control of decisions (Very Important) | — | — | — | — |
Practice variables | ||||
Weeks practicing per year (n) | -0.032 (0.014)* | -0.031 (0.014)* | -0.021 (0.014) | |
Hours per week in patient care (n) | -0.003 (0.003) | -0.003 (0.003) | -0.001 (0.003) | |
Multiple practices | -0.221 (0.117) | -0.196 (0.119) | -0.199 (0.123) | |
Solo practice | -0.211 (0.094)* | -0.188 (0.095)* | -0.197 (0.099)* | |
No assistants | -0.185 (0.078)* | -0.155 (0.080) | -0.104 (0.083) | |
Frequently obtain high-quality services | ||||
Ancillary services | 0.418 (0.094)§ | 0.419 (0.095)§ | 0.253 (0.099)* | |
Imaging | 0.647 (0.142)§ | 0.602 (0.144)§ | 0.406 (0.149)† | |
Mental health care | 0.522 (0.070)§ | 0.531 (0.070)§ | 0.381 (0.073)§ | |
Referrals | 0.405 (0.141)‡ | 0.414 (0.142)‡ | 0.209 (0.146) | |
Revenue | ||||
From Medicaid (%) | 0.002 (0.002) | 0.002 (0.002) | 0.001 (0.002) | |
From Medicare (%) | -0.003 (0.002) | -0.004 (0.002)* | -0.004 (0.002)* | |
From managed care (%) | -0.004 (0.001)‡ | -0.004 (0.001)‡ | -0.003 (0.001)* | |
Care for adults and children | 0.269 (0.165) | 0.249 (0.167) | 0.305 (0.172) | |
Patients with formulary (%) | — | — | — | |
Effect variables | ||||
Moderate effect on practice | ||||
Computer-generated patient data | 0.100 (0.070) | 0.067 (0.073) | ||
Guidelines | -0.129 (0.072) | -0.090 (0.074) | ||
Patient profiles | 0.025 (0.075) | 0.066 (0.077) | ||
Reminders | -0.052 (0.073) | 0.018 (0.075) | ||
Patient surveys | -0.016 (0.070) | -0.020 (0.073) | ||
Computer-generated treatment alternative | 0.128 (0.075) | 0.162 (0.078)* | ||
Information Technology (IT) uses (n) | — | — | ||
Perceptions variables | ||||
Expected complexity | -0.539 (0.078)§ | |||
Perceived autonomy | 1.029 (0.081)§ | |||
Χ2 (p) | 146.93 (0.000) | 371.54 (0.000) | 370.72 (0.000) | 614.67 (0.000) |
-2LogL | 7127.1 | 6079.5 | 5968.9 | 5637.2 |
Hosmer-Lemeshow Χ2 (p) | 14.26 (0.075) | 11.48 (0.176) | 12.35 (0.136) | 11.20 (0.191) |
Nagelkerke Adjusted R2 | 0.032 | 0.089 | 0.090 | 0.149 |
All data provided as β (SE).
* P ≤ .05.
† P ≤ .01.
‡ P ≤ .005.
§ P ≤ .001.