Distance and utilisation of out-of-hours services in a Norwegian urban/rural district: an ecological study

Table 2 Multiple regression on consultation rate by distance

	Coefficient (β)	95% CI for β	Standardised β	p
Constant	5.083
Distance (km)	-0.016	-0.017 to -0.014	-0.928	< 0.001
Primary care doctors per 10 000	-0.011	-0.020 to -0.002	-0.092	0.020
Primary school only (%)	0.016	-0.003 to 0.028	0.090	0.014
Age > 80 years (%)	0.011	-0.043 to 0.066	0.017	0.68
Income inequality (Gini)	-0.081	-2.547 to 2.386	-0.003	0.95
Median gross income	0.009	-0.239 to 0.257	0.002	0.94

Multiple linear regression with rates as the dependent variable. Face-to-face-consultation with doctor at the casualty clinic (ln transformed). R ² = 0.97 for model, p < 0.001.

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