Waiting times for elective treatments according to insurance status: A randomized empirical study in Germany

Table 4 Parametric coefficients

	Estimate	Std. Error	exp(Estimate)	95% CI	t value	Pr(>\|t\|)
(Intercept)	3.257	0.329	n.r.	n.r.	9.908	<0,001***
Private insurance policyholder	-1.124	0.251	0.32	[0.20, 0.53]	-4.475	<0,001***
Specialist field Ophthalmology	-0.032	0.359	0.97	[0.48, 1.96]	-0.089	0.929
Specialist field Diagnostic Radiology	-0.608	0.466	0.54	[0.22, 1.36]	-1.305	0.194
Specialist field Gastroenterology	0.346	0.422	1.41	[0.62, 3.23]	0.819	0.414
Specialist field ENT	-1.348	0.440	0.25	[0.11, 0.62]	-3.064	0.003**

Response: Waiting time (days); link-funktion: logarithm; family: quasi-Poisson; model type: generalized linear model; n.r. = "not relevant")

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