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Table 6 Estimates of the multinomial logit and probit (rest of equations)

From: Horizontal equity in access to public GP services by socioeconomic group: potential bias due to a compartmentalised approach

Private GP equation

Multinomial logit

Multinomial probit

Coefficient (se)

p-value

Coefficient (se)

p-value

Female

0.0761 (0.1136)

0.503

0.0649 (0.058)

0.263

Age 15–34

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Age 35–44

0.2581 (0.2129)

0.226

0.1109 (0.1052)

0.292

Age 45–54

0.3061 (0.2144)

0.153

0.1249 (0.1063)

0.240

Age 55–64

0.2628 (0.2205)

0.233

0.1213 (0.1093)

0.267

Age more than 64

0.6236 (0.2326)

0.007

0.3058 (0.1169)

0.009

Health very good

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Health good

0.2652 (0.167)

0.112

0.1918 (0.0853)

0.025

Health fair

0.7346 (0.2007)

0.000

0.5703 (0.1027)

0.000

Health bad

1.3745 (0.264)

0.000

1.0034 (0.1351)

0.000

Health very bad

0.3553 (0.6107)

0.561

0.5842 (0.2751)

0.034

Chronic

0.4233 (0.1458)

0.004

0.3269 (0.0746)

0.000

Inactive

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Employed

−0.2397 (0.1814)

0.186

−0.1546 (0.0914)

0.091

Unemployed

−0.308 (0.2628)

0.241

−0.1659 (0.128)

0.195

Primary studies or less

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Obligatory Secondary studies

0.6511 (0.2171)

0.003

0.3318 (0.1006)

0.001

Occupational training or pre-university studies

1.2709 (0.2126)

0.000

0.6176 (0.1022)

0.000

University studies

1.6011 (0.2228)

0.000

0.8323 (0.1078)

0.000

High social class (SC)

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Medium-high SC

−0.3199 (0.1419)

0.024

−0.176 (0.0751)

0.019

Medium-low SC

−1.2271 (0.203)

0.000

−0.5916 (0.0957)

0.000

Low social class

−1.309 (0.2946)

0.000

−0.6203 (0.1323)

0.000

Intercept

−5.1067 (0.327)

0.000

−3.2551 (0.1568)

0.000

Public Specialist equation

Multinomial logit

Multinomial probit

Mean (se)

p-value

Mean (se)

p-value

Female

0.2037 (0.0537)

0.000

0.1492 (0.035)

0.000

Age 15–34

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Age 35–44

−0.0379 (0.1016)

0.709

−0.0167 (0.0645)

0.795

Age 45–54

0.0066 (0.0985)

0.946

0.0079 (0.0635)

0.901

Age 55–64

0.0169 (0.0979)

0.863

0.0283 (0.0636)

0.657

Age more than 64

−0.2071 (0.1066)

0.052

−0.096 (0.0692)

0.166

Health very good

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Health good

0.544 (0.104)

0.000

0.3522 (0.0604)

0.000

Health fair

1.4998 (0.112)

0.000

1.0405 (0.0672)

0.000

Health bad

2.3166 (0.128)

0.000

1.6332 (0.0812)

0.000

Health very bad

2.4384 (0.1699)

0.000

1.7281 (0.115)

0.000

Chronic

0.742 (0.0815)

0.000

0.529 (0.0493)

0.000

Inactive

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Employed

−0.28 (0.0796)

0.000

−0.1959 (0.0527)

0.000

Unemployed

−0.1337 (0.1005)

0.183

−0.0931 (0.0672)

0.166

Primary studies or less

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Obligatory Secondary studies

0.2421 (0.0753)

0.001

0.169 (0.0497)

0.001

Occupational training or pre-university studies

0.224 (0.0883)

0.011

0.1619 (0.0579)

0.005

University studies

0.3999 (0.1038)

0.000

0.2912 (0.0674)

0.000

High social class (SC)

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Medium-high SC

0.072 (0.0888)

0.418

0.0362 (0.0569)

0.525

Medium-low SC

0.0989 (0.0936)

0.291

0.0527 (0.0602)

0.382

Low social class

−0.011 (0.1098)

0.920

−0.0169 (0.0711)

0.812

Intercept

−3.7594 (0.1603)

0.000

−2.6967 (0.0993)

0.000

Private Specialist equation

Multinomial logit

Multinomial probit

Coefficient (se)

p-value

Coefficient (se)

p-value

Female

0.3034 (0.0831)

0.000

0.1877 (0.047)

0.000

Age 15–34

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Age 35–44

0.1178 (0.1391)

0.397

0.0485 (0.0798)

0.544

Age 45–54

0.0272 (0.1426)

0.849

0.013 (0.0812)

0.873

Age 55–64

−0.1075 (0.1495)

0.472

−0.0495 (0.0843)

0.557

Age more than 64

−0.0627 (0.1624)

0.700

−0.0252 (0.0918)

0.783

Health very good

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Health good

0.3097 (0.1233)

0.012

0.2139 (0.0695)

0.002

Health fair

1.1203 (0.1434)

0.000

0.7801 (0.0816)

0.000

Health bad

1.4544 (0.2017)

0.000

1.0387 (0.1125)

0.000

Health very bad

1.7588 (0.2802)

0.000

1.2381 (0.1623)

0.000

Chronic

0.507 (0.1059)

0.000

0.3954 (0.0602)

0.000

Inactive

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Employed

−0.2145 (0.1251)

0.086

−0.1409 (0.0708)

0.047

Unemployed

−0.4884 (0.1866)

0.009

−0.268 (0.1007)

0.008

Primary studies or less

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Obligatory Secondary studies

0.701 (0.1548)

0.000

0.3559 (0.0789)

0.000

Occupational training or pre-university studies

0.9879 (0.1598)

0.000

0.5083 (0.0835)

0.000

University studies

1.5129 (0.1642)

0.000

0.8333 (0.0881)

0.000

High social class (SC)

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Ref.

Medium-high SC

−0.5003 (0.1044)

0.000

−0.2938 (0.062)

0.000

Medium-low SC

−1.1813 (0.1385)

0.000

−0.6321 (0.0749)

0.000

Low social class

−1.3547 (0.2003)

0.000

−0.715 (0.1021)

0.000

Intercept

−4.2553 (0.231)

0.000

−2.8639 (0.1248)

0.000