A reduction in public funding for fertility treatment - an econometric analysis of access to treatment and savings to government

Table 7 Determinants of the number of patients undergoing Frozen Cycles

	Base model and lag				With anticipatory behaviour and lag
				all age				all age
Variable	Age ≤ 33	34 ≤ Age ≥ 39	Age ≥ 40	groups	Age ≤ 33	34 ≤ Age ≥ 39	Age ≥ 40	groups
EMSNCap effect	-73.96	-46.79*	-36.78	-53.04*	-41.59	-56.59***	41.87	-27.31
EMSNCap effect	40.07	17.34	22.78	20.93	36.48	19.98	24.30	23.57
Lag of D. Variable	0.97***	0.63***	0.51*	0.91***	0.97***	0.58***	0.24	0.90***
Lag of D. Variable	0.07	0.11	0.20	0.06	0.06	0.13	0.17	0.06
Season 1 (base)
Season 2	79.51*	-58.75**	-86.95**	-47.08*	45.19	-48.91*	-95.54**	-72.65***
Season 2	29.84	21.50	25.75	18.15	32.44	22.89	29.12	20.39
Season 3	131.32**	-34.06	-89.68***	-15.67	111.08**	-28.14	-94.70***	-30.90
Season 3	39.86	18.09	19.54	20.04	38.79	18.89	25.15	21.07
Season 4	33.76	-92.77***	-139.64***	-81.78***	5.10	-84.06***	-166.53***	-103.17***
Season 4	31.91	19.69	20.56	18.83	29.80	20.61	24.60	19.33
Time Trend	6.72	5.96*	9.12***	5.33*	3.50	7.22	5.12*	2.94
Time Trend	3.62	2.47	2.22	2.11	3.09	2.66	2.06	2.08
Constant	-73.39***	249.38***	236.99***	61.64***	-35.46***	268.82***	387.39***	99.02**
Constant	55.99	57.48	66.35	31.99	49.41	62.74	59.05	35.34
N	32	48	32	112	32	48	32	112
df	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
R squared	0.92	0.71	0.84	0.85	0.92	0.67	0.86	0.83

OLS Regression method is used. Estimated coefficients and standard errors are presented. df denotes the degrees of freedom. * Significance at 10%, ** Significance at 5%, *** Significance at 1%. Each column reports a separate model specification.

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