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Table 6 Effects on medical facility choice by age groups

From: How is increased selectivity of medical school admissions associated with physicians’ career choice? A Japanese experience

 

7:1

DPC

Clinic

"Core"

  

Owner

Primary Care

LOGIT

LOGIT

LOGIT

LOGIT

(5)

(6)

(7)

(7)

Panel A. Age 35–45

 D1 [55 < Rank ≤ 60]

1.165 1**

1.135 3*

0.811 2**

1.220 8

 

[1.030 0–1.317 8]

[0.982 0–1.312 6]

[0.683 4–0.963 0]

[0.957 6–1.652 0]

 D2 [60 < Rank ≤ 65]

1.366 9***

1.386 9***

0.690 4***

1.314 6

 

[1.190 9–1.568 9]

[1.177 8–1.633 2]

[0.566 2–0.841 8]

[0.939 0–1.865 9]

 D3 [65 ≥ Rank]

1.419 9***

1.406 3***

0.637 9***

1.424 7

 

[1.205 5–1.672 3]

[1.159 7–1.705 3]

[0.489 3–0.831 6]

[0.928 8–2.132 3]

 Obs.

52 078

52 077

51 594

51 885

 Mean of dep.

0.49

0.73

0.10

0.05

Panel B. Age 46–55

 D1 [55 < Rank ≤ 60]

1.371 1***

1.360 4***

0.767 5***

0.840 0**

 

[1.198 1–1.568 9]

[1.236 5–1.496 8]

[0.685 0–0.859 9]

[0.726 8–0.970 8]

 D2 [60 < Rank ≤ 65]

1.483 6***

1.434 0***

0.721 4***

0.767 7**

 

[1.233 0–1.785 1]

[1.232 5–1.668 5]

[0.601 5–0.865 2]

[0.620 2–0.950 3]

 D3 [65 ≥ Rank]

1.470 6***

1.516 0***

0.647 2***

0.715 7

 

[1.177 5–1.836 6]

[1.2203–1.883 5]

[0.503 8–0.831 3]

[0.474 6–1.079 3]

 Obs.

32 138

32 138

32 114

32 067

 Mean of dep.

0.39

0.53

0.25

0.08

  1. Note: In all equations, the polynomial function of physician’s age, gender, and fixed effects of medical school attended are controlled for. Standard errors are clustered at the level of medical school attended. Abbreviations: 7:1 hospital with a 7:1 basic reimbursement rate, DPC hospital that adopts a diagnosis procedure combination/per-diem payment system. “Obs” represents the number of observations, “Mean of dep.” represents the mean of dependent variables. “LOGIT” represents logistic regression. Odds ratio are reported. 95% confidence interval is in parentheses. ***p < 0.01, **p < 0.05, and *p < 0.1, respectively