Factor | Estimate | SE | Sig. | 95% CI | Type III tests of fixed effects | ||
Lower bound | Upper bound | F | Sig. | ||||
Gender | 0.026025 | 0.187418 | 0.890 | −0.345656 | 0.397705 | 0.019 | 0.890 |
Age* | 4.082 | 0.004 | |||||
35–45 | 0.070687 | 0.330283 | 0.831 | −0.584231 | 0.725606 | ||
46–55 | 0.109001 | 0.338179 | 0.748 | −0.561694 | 0.779696 | ||
56–65 | 0.816712 | 0.331558 | 0.015 | 0.159227 | 1.474196 | ||
> 65 | 0.767286 | 0.360842 | 0.036 | 0.051757 | 1.482815 | ||
Practice setting University | −0.081031 | 0.191045 | 0.672 | −0.459980 | 0.297919 | 0.180 | 0.672 |
Experience | 0.253891 | 0.112972 | 0.027 | 0.029899 | 0.477884 | 5.051 | 0.027 |
Year of graduation | −0.019849 | 0.006870 | 0.005 | −0.033469 | −0.006230 | −0.019849 | 0.006870 |
No. of patients seen per year† | 2.370 | 0.044 | |||||
200 –400 | 0.365349 | 0.261709 | 0.166 | −0.153744 | 0.884441 | ||
400–600 | 0.383279 | 0.306654 | 0.214 | −0.224931 | 0.991489 | ||
600–800 | 0.973969 | 0.302500 | 0.002 | 0.374141 | 1.573796 | ||
800–1000 | 0.758521 | 0.358328 | 0.037 | 0.047453 | 1.469589 | ||
>1000 | 0.479908 | 0.349335 | 0.173 | −0.213089 | 1.172905 |
Associations between physician-related factors (independent variable) analysed separately and scores (dependent variable) in the mixed model with scenario and physicians as random effects.
*Age <35 was a reference category.
†Number of patients <200 a year was a reference category.