The influence of insurance status on waiting times in German acute care hospitals: an empirical analysis of new data

Table 4 Determinants of Waiting Time and Questioning

Variable	Gross waiting time (logarithm)	Questioned
	OLS (for all diagnosis)	Probit (for all diagnosis)
Privately Insured	-0.21 (0.089)**
Insurance Status Questioned	0.191 (0.078)**
Weber B Fracture	-1.52 (0.678)***	-0.229 (0.045)***
Stenosis	0.221 (0.075)***	0.312 (0.051)***
Privately Owned Hospital	-0.179 (0.091)**	-0.200 (0.060)**
Public Hospital	-0.138 (0.063)**	0.016 (0.466)
Number of Beds	0.139 (0.084)	-0.360 (0.663)
Intercept	2.011 (0.069)***
Observations	607	607
F-Value/LR Chi2	103.99
Prob > F/Prob > Chi2	0.0000	0.0000
Adj. R² or Pseudo¹ R²**	0.5762	0.1490

¹ Pseudo R² cannot be compared to adj. R² because of the different methods of calculation used. Standard errors are shown in brackets. Level of significance: ***P < 0.01, **P < 0.05.

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