Dutch healthcare reform: did it result in better patient experiences in hospitals? a comparison of the consumer quality index over time

Table 5 Multi level linear regression; coefficients and significance of combined quality aspects

Coefficient of combined quality aspects	Year 2007	Year 2009	Publication of results
Quality aspects 1-3**** years 2006/2007/2009	-0.011	0.034 *	0.030 *
Quality aspects 4-12 years 2007/2009	n/a	0.060***	0.027**

*Significant at p < 0.05, **significant at p < 0.01, ***significant at p < 0.001 **** Given the contradiction of the direction and significance of the year coefficients for the aspect 'Physician communication' we conducted a joint significance likelihood test. This test showed that chi² > 0.000 meaning that the results presented in table are correct as presented

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