Table 2 OLS estimations for waiting time in primary care. 2011–2019
From: Waiting times in healthcare: equal treatment for equal need?
Waiting times in primary care | Model 1 | Model 2 |
|---|---|---|
Education | ||
No qualifications | Ref | |
Primary studies | 0.003 | -0.007 |
(0.029) | (0.023) | |
Secondary studies | 0.011 | -0.009 |
(0.030) | (0.023) | |
University studies | 0.000 | -0.031 |
(0.031) | (0.022) | |
Employment status | ||
Inactive | Ref | |
Retirement pensioner | -0.005 | -0.003 |
(0.013) | (0.014) | |
Unemployed | -0.012 | -0.010 |
(0.014) | (0.017) | |
Employed | 0.004 | 0.004 |
(0.025) | (0.026) | |
Gender | ||
Male | Ref | |
Female | 0.043*** | 0.038*** |
(0.011) | (0.011) | |
Severity | ||
Age (years) | ||
18 to 24 | Ref | |
35 to 44 | -0.050*** | -0.049*** |
(0.010) | (0.010) | |
45 to 64 | -0.042*** | -0.041*** |
(0.009) | (0.010) | |
65 to 75 | -0.064*** | -0.066*** |
(0.015) | (0.017) | |
75 or more | -0.129*** | -0.132*** |
(0.026) | (0.026) | |
Chronic illness | ||
Presence of chronic illness | 0.058*** | 0.053*** |
(0.012) | (0.013) | |
GP visits | ||
1 visit | Ref | |
2 visits | 0.029* | 0.030* |
(0.016) | (0.017) | |
3 or more visits | 0.038* | 0.040* |
(0.018) | (0.019) | |
Area of residence | ||
Urban | Ref | |
Rural | -0.236*** | |
(0.043) | ||
Citizenship status | ||
Native Spanish | Ref | |
Spanish acquired | 0.060*** | |
(0.016) | ||
Foreign | 0.033 | |
(0.028) | ||
Fluency | ||
High | Ref | |
Medium | -0.066** | |
(0.029) | ||
Low | -0.105 | |
(0.072) | ||
Private healthcare visits | ||
0 visits | Ref | |
1 to 2 visits | 0.006 | |
(0.020) | ||
3 or more visits | 0.128** | |
(0.049) | ||
Region fixed effects | Yes | Yes |
Year fixed effects | Yes | Yes |
Constant | 0.893*** | 0.945*** |
(0.052) | (0.046) | |
Observations | 24,935 | 24,935 |
R-squared | 0.249 | 0.261 |
AIC | 51325 | 50919 |
BIC | 51455 | 51049 |