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Table 5 OLS multiple regression of the association of health insurance status on perceived quality of care

From: Health insurance and quality of care: Comparing perceptions of quality between insured and uninsured patients in Ghana’s hospitals

Independent variables

b

Beta

(Constant)

64.115

 

Insurance status (Insured = 1)

1.065 (.927)

.044

Age of respondent

.067* (.031)

.083

Marital status (Married = 1)

.244 (.949)

.010

Sex (Male = 1)

−.922 (.923)

−.040

Educational level (None = 1)

−.306 (.292)

−.043

Income level (No earnings = 1)

−.330 (170)

−.076

Distance to hospital in Km.

.007 (.056)

.005

Health status

1.542** (.466)

−.215

Number of doctors

−1.699** (.493)

−.139

Size of household

.309 (.167)

.074

Bed capacity

.036*** (.008)

.287

Ownership of hospital (Government hospitals = 1)

3.401 (.595)

.247

Region (Upper East = 1)

4.102*** (.600)

.295

  1. Dependent variable: Perceived quality of care. *p ≤ .10; **p ≤ .05; ***p ≤ .01