Table 2 Multiple regression analyses: Prediction of outpatient service utilization by distance (minutes in public transportation between patient’s homes and outpatient clinics) and by available ecological variables of the communities
Outpatient cases per capita | Outpatient visits per capita | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic of the community | B (95% CI) | SE | β | p | B (95% CI) | SE | β | p |
Constant | 15.701 (−7.453, 37.059) | 11.506 | .171 | 39.852 (− 177.144, 242.107) | 106.193 | .711 | ||
Distance (travel time in minutes) | −0.108 (−0.154, − 0.062) | 0.023 | − 0.372 | <.001 | − 0.816 (−1.214, − 0.453) | 0.196 | − 0.367 | .001 |
Age (mean in years) | − 0.110 (− 0.352, 0.152) | 0.127 | − 0.056 | .379 | 0.541 (− 1.277, 2.551) | 0.970 | 0.036 | .579 |
Female (%) | − 7.089 (−50.236, 37.843) | 22.470 | − 0.024 | .746 | −10.065 (− 416.011, 391.978) | 207.621 | − 0.004 | .959 |
Immigrants (%) | 5.332 (0.390, 10.363) | 2.518 | 0.140 | .039 | 9.794 (−26.440, 44.041) | 17.842 | 0.034 | .589 |
Taxes (mean per inhabitant in Swiss Francs) | 0.000 (−0.001, 0.000) | 0.000 | −0.082 | .213 | −.006 (−0.011, − 0.001) | .003 | −.0128 | .025 |