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Table 3 Parameter estimates of continuous explanatory variables on language stratified data

From: Hospital use of young children in Switzerland: A nation-wide study based on a complete survey over 4 years

German regions (R2 = 0.36)a

Estimate

SE

P

Intercept

45.3

6.7

<0.0001

Ambulatory hospitalization rate per 1000 children in medstat

0.01

0.009

n.s.

Length of stay

0.02

0.21

n.s.

Ratio of boys to girls

4.4

5.3

n.s.

Ratio Swiss to non Swiss residents

-0.29

0.1

0.0001

French region (R2 = 0.41)a

   

Intercept

187.60

23.18

<0.0001

Ambulatory hospitalization rate per 1000 children in medstat

-0.08

0.02

0.0006

Length of stay

-1.2

0.57

0.0431

Ratio of boys to girls

-8.3

18.4

n.s.

Ratio Swiss to non Swiss residents

-1.04

0.44

0.0290

Italian region (R2 = 0.51)a

   

Intercept

-7.30

30.3

n.s.

Ambulatory hospitalization rate per 1000 children in medstat

-0.02

0.27

n.s.

Length of stay

-0.71

1.3

n.s.

Ratio of boys to girls

64.8

25.0

0.0115

Ratio of Swiss to non Swiss residents

-0.58

0.86

n.s.

  1. a Coefficient of determination