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Table 2 Estimation results for the LRF

From: A labor requirements function for sizing the health workforce

Parameter

Variable

General surgery

(n = 956)

Internal medicine

(n = 1014)

Anatomical pathology

(n = 469)

Coefficient

Std. Error

Coefficient

Std. Error

Coefficient

Std. Error

0

C

0.5607*

0.2475

0.1583*

0.0603

1.9218**

0.7578

OUT

ln (OUT)

− 0.4272***

0.0733

− 0.9266***

0.1203

INP

ln (INP)

− 0.1499**

0.0759

0.3064***

0.0437

SUR

ln (SUR)

0.0615

0.0683

DIA

ln (DIA)

− 0.2574***

0.1176

βROO

ln (ROO)

0.2804***

0.1069

0.9156***

0.1418

− 1.2782**

0.1993

γROO,INP

½ ln (ROO)*ln (INP)

0.0113**

0.0043

0.0230

0.0165

γROO,OUT

½ ln (ROO)*ln (OUT)

− 0.0094

0.0125

− 0.3937***

0.0633

γOUT,INP

½ ln (OUT)*ln (INP)

0.0076*

0.0030

− 0.1046***

0.0168

γROO,SUR

½ ln (ROO)*ln (SUR)

− 0.0084

0.0198

γSUR,INP

½ ln (SUR)*ln (INP)

− 0.0190***

0.0060

γSUR,OUT

½ ln (SUR)*ln (OUT)

0.0034

0.0126

γROO,DIA

½ ln (ROO)*ln (DIA)

− 0.3709***

0.0857

βROO,ROO

½ [ln (ROO)]2

0.0240

0.0297

0.2967***

0.0407

0.8270***

0.0713

OUT,OUT

½ [ln (OUT)]2

0.0847***

0.0083

0.2753***

0.0279

INP,INP

½ [ln (INP)]2

0.0488***

0.0110

0.0629***

0.0062

SUR,SUR

½ [ln (SUR)]2

0.0331***

0.0117

DIA,DIA

½ [ln (DIA)]2

0.1537***

0.0175

R 2

 

0.8621

0.8326

0.6100

Adjusted R2

 

0.8584

0.8293

0.6057

F-statistic

 

232.6221***

247.0297***

144.7795***

Redundant fixed effects test

F-statistic

 

5.7358***

1.8425**

1.6236*

Redundant (2nd order) variables test

F-statistic

 

38.0364***

39.9792***

44.6099***

  1. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01