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Table 4 MRQAP estimating factors associated with the propensity of physicians to collaborate

From: Physicians' propensity to collaborate and their attitude towards EBM: A cross-sectional study

Dependent Variable

Professional Network

(Valued)

Professional Network

(Dichotomized)·

 

Estimate†

 

Significance

Estimate†

 

Significance

Intercept

0.0000

  

0.0000

  

Attitude towards EBM (same category)

0.0198

**

0.025

0.0201

**

0.020

Age (difference in)

0.0096

 

0.242

0.0089

 

0.261

Gender (same category)

0.0075

 

0.081

0.0080

 

0.077

Years since Graduation (difference in)

-0.0318

***

0.003

-0.0299

**

0.012

Field of Specialization (same category)

0.1988

***

0.000

0.1984

***

0.000

Tenure NHS (difference in)

0.0152

 

0.126

0.0156

 

0.146

Tenure LHA (difference in)

0.0030

 

0.377

0.0031

 

0.368

Managerial role (same category)

-0.0307

***

0.000

-0.0381

***

0.000

Hospital (same affiliation)

0.0845

***

0.000

0.0919

***

0.000

Directorate (same affiliation)

0.0459

***

0.000

0.0509

***

0.000

Number of Publications (difference in)

-0.0167

**

0.017

-0.0172

**

0.018

Co-authorship (same category)

0.1732

***

0.000

0.1782

***

0.000

Geographical distance

-0.0177

 

0.056

-0.0196

**

0.045

Observations (No of dyads)

87,912

87,912

Multiple R 2(Adj.)

0.314 (0.311)

0.312 (0.310)

p-value

0.000

0.000

  1. Number of permutations: 5,000; † Standardized coefficients; *** p < 0.01; ** p < 0.05;
  2. • Dichotomized network where x'ij = 1 if xij ≥ 1, and x'ij = 0 otherwise.