Table 3 Nested logit model of relocation choice
Variable | Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
Mobility (base case: stay) | |||
Practice-owner | − 1.425*** (0.178) | − 3.523** (1.406) | − 1.70*** (0.237) |
Age | − 0.038*** (0.004) | − 0.037*** (0.005) | − 0.037*** (0.004) |
Age*Owner | 0.023 (0.021) | ||
Female | 0.169 (0.145) | 0.063 (0.165) | 0.038 (0.163) |
Female*Owner | 0.709** (0.352) | 0.644* (0.344) | |
Living with partner | 0.066 (0.201) | 0.065 (0.654) | 0.082 (0.200) |
Spouse*Owner | 0.477 (0.654) | ||
Dependent children | − 0.184 (0.151) | − 0.198 (0.173) | − 0.181 (0.150) |
Children*Owner | 0.291 (0.392) | ||
Australian MD | − 0.228 (0.161) | − 0.150 (0.183) | − 0.181 (0.161) |
Australian MD*Owner | − 0.091 (0.413) | ||
Location attributes | |||
Consult length (min) | 0.024** (0.010) | 0.018 (0.012) | 0.018** (0.009) |
Consult length*Owner | − 0.003 (0.017) | ||
Volume (patients per week) | 0.003** (0.001) | 0.002 (0.001) | 0.002 (0.001) |
Volume*Owner | − 0.001 (0.002) | ||
Patient complexity | − 0.119** (0.048) | − 0.180*** (0.053) | − 0.186*** (0.052) |
Patient complexity*Owner | 0.306*** (0.099) | 0.316*** (0.094) | |
On-call | − 0.053 (0.104) | 0.045 (0.113) | 0.056 (0.112) |
On-call*Owner | − 0.352* (0.208) | − 0.362* (0.210) | |
Earnings (log) | 0.432*** (0.052) | 0.433*** (0.056) | 0.425*** (0.053) |
Earnings*Owner | − 0.097 (0.117) | ||
GPs per 10 000 persons | 0.011*** (0.004) | 0.012*** (0.004) | 0.010*** (0.004) |
GPs/10000*Owner | − 0.007 (0.008) | ||
Move nest (log sum) | 0.272*** (0.044) | 0.239*** (0.041) | 0.242*** (0.041) |
Observations | 3 426 | 3 426 | 3 426 |
BIC | 1877.599 | 1962.808 | 1893.074 |
AIC | 1 772.243 | 1 774.672 | 1 765.141 |
x2 p-value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Log-likelihood | − 872.122 | − 862.336 | − 865.571 |