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

Table 8 Determinants of number of IUI Cycles undertaken

	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	-79.21**	-22.85	21.25*	-59.55	3.36	-9.30	18.14	-1.43
EMSNCap effect	27.87	13.25	10.88	24.07	38.94	16.75	15.93	15.81
Lag of D. Variable	-480.27***	256.94	64.32	0.92	0.99***	0.84***	0.14	0.97***
Lag of D. Variable	16.30	22.18	23.48	0.06	0.04	0.07	0.20	0.03
Season 1 (base)
Season 2	122.57***	-22.27	-8.17	45.30	73.13*	-35.75*	-5.55	-13.48
Season 2	24.83	13.27	8.69	59.14	33.54	13.54	14.71	13.22
Season 3	172.65***	-39.82	-26.86	45.98	14.63	-49.11***	-24.10	-42.19***
Season 3	24.91	13.04	8.86	63.19	29.16	13.30	14.96	11.54
Season 4	61.92**	-110.04**	-63.94***	-28.21	-120.60***	-121.66***	-61.02***	-117.94***
Season 4	20.97	12.92	8.08	56.94	29.85	14.76	12.17	11.89
Time Trend	-4.42	1.16	1.20	-0.83	-0.80	-0.27	1.43	-0.23
Time Trend	2.82	1.70	1.23	8.28	3.90	1.85	1.59	1.62
Constant	993.48***	107.76***	155.42***	436.08***	15.93	114.26**	157.46***	54.97**
Constant	33.95	34.26	12.46	94.98	48.47	36.48	27.73	18.33
N	32	48	32	112	32	48	32	112
df	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
R squared	0.98	0.84	0.82	0.85	0.95	0.83	0.70	0.96

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 separate model specification.

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