Table 2 Odds ratio and confidence intervals for the possibility for patients from the northern counties of Norway (North) as well as the northern and central-west counties combined ("District Norway") to be admitted in one of the 38 centralized highly specialized services compared with patients from the rest of the country (Rest) in 2001.
From: Quality or equality? The Norwegian experience with medical monopolies
OR | 95 % CI | |
|---|---|---|
Total services (monopolies and duopolies) | ||
North versus Rest | 0.77 | 0.67 – 0.89 |
"District Norway" versus Rest | 0.78 | 0.71 – 0.86 |
Monopolies | ||
North versus Rest | 0.73 | 0.62 – 0.86 |
"District Norway" versus Rest | 0.66 | 0.59 – 0.73 |
Non Renal Tx | ||
North versus Rest | 0.28 | 0.09 – 0.78 |
"District Norway" versus Rest | 0.33 | 0.18 – 0.60 |