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

Table 5 Determinants of the number of patients undergoing Fresh 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	-259.55	-342.52***	-330.17***	-232.62***	-155.83*	-201.41***	-291.93***	-141.46**
EMSNCap effect	126.39	51.06	44.67	62.61	74.49	33.61	52.81	42.22
Lag of D. Variable	0.90***	0.33**	-0.10	0.77***	0.96***	0.60***	-0.04	0.86***
Lag of D. Variable	0.12	0.11	0.14	0.10	0.06	0.08	0.16	0.06
Season 1 (base)
Season 2	310.06**	113.54**	-34.50	104.95*	216.99***	62.26*	-51.00	34.32
Season 2	85.99	33.07	29.51	40.93	47.91	25.00	36.27	31.38
Season 3	325.46**	127.08***	-98.78**	90.78*	267.69***	80.25**	-112.13**	44.48
Season 3	88.17	31.28	28.66	43.82	59.22	23.80	33.19	35.47
Season 4	67.44	-14.72	-212.63***	-68.20	-23.64	-102.07***	-230.53***	-138.63***
Season 4	81.04	35.35	31.35	37.99	44.52	25.59	33.83	28.61
Time Trend	23.26*	30.18***	42.17***	20.51***	12.70	16.29***	38.20***	11.13**
Time Trend	10.66	4.53	5.69	5.67	7.32	3.29	6.76	4.01
Constant	-185.66***	561.15***	917.83***	123.85	-130.18***	378.40***	896.18***	127.05***
Constant	112.46	105.92	100.94	98.47	93.02	71.92	110.12	69.31
N	32	48	32	112	32	48	32	112
df	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
R squared	0.87	0.78	0.88	0.73	0.94	0.85	0.87	0.82

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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