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Table 5 Differences in scores across subgroups of respondents, adjusted for all variables in the table.

From: What doctors think about the impact of managed care tools on quality of care, costs, autonomy, and relations with patients

 

Use of guidelines

Gate-keeping

Managed care network

Second opinion

Pay by salary

Pay for performance

Utilization review

Selective contracting

Sex

(p = 0.44)

(p = 0.06)

(p = 0.10)

(p = 0.003)

(p = 0.36)

(p = 0.006)

(p = 0.46)

(p = 0.48)

   women (vs men)

-0.03

-0.08

-0.07

-0.14

0.04

-0.12

0.02

-0.02

Age (vs >50 years)

(p = 0.005)

(p = 0.11)

(p = 0.40)

(p = 0.003)

(p = 0.93)

(p = 0.46)

(p = 0.51)

(p = 0.11)

   up to 35

0.13

0.15

0.08

-0.27

-0.02

-0.06

0.03

0.03

   36-50

0.17

0.10

0.07

-0.17

-0.02

-0.07

-0.03

-0.06

Practice setting (vs private practice)

(p < 0.001)

(p < 0.001)

(p < 0.001)

(p = 0.05)

(p < 0.001)

(p < 0.001)

(p = 0.005)

(p < 0.001)

   public in training

0.30

0.48

0.49

0.09

0.88

0.31

0.04

0.21

   public senior

0.37

0.33

0.58

0.17

0.79

0.46

0.18

0.32

Specialty (vs primary care)

(p < 0.001)

(p < 0.001)

(p = 0.006)

(p = 0.002)

(p < 0.001)

(p = 0.20)

(p = 0.001)

(p = 0.04)

   paediatricians

0.05

-0.23

-0.09

-0.11

-0.08

0.02

-0.01

-0.07

   psychiatrists

-0.40

-0.69

-0.14

0.08

-0.14

-0.03

0.05

-0.11

   technical specialists

-0.11

-0.60

-0.20

-0.11

-0.34

0.11

0.17

0.02

   internal medicine specialists

-0.02

-0.52

-0.17

-0.18

-0.10

0.01

0.03

-0.05

Managed care network*

(p = 0.43)

(p < 0.001)

(p < 0.001)

(p = 0.27)

(p = 0.53)

(p = 0.16)

(p = 0.48)

(p = 0.33)

   yes (vs no)

0.06

0.50

0.58

0.09

0.05

0.11

0.04

0.05

  1. * "no" was imputed for doctors at the public hospital