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Table 3 Univariate beta regressionsa of the proportion of time that practitioners were dissatisfied

From: Frequency of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with practice among rural-based, group-employed physicians and non-physician practitioners

Parameter

Mean sub-model

Variance sub-model

Zero-inflation sub-model

Estimate (standard error)

Estimate (standard error)

Estimate (standard error)

Male gender

0.3163 (.0653)

0.7991 (.1178)

0.4602 (.1203)

Married

0.3793 (.0640)

0.8491 (.1149)

0.7093 (.1246)

Age < 45 years

−0.1401 (.0917)

−30.8125 (.0080)

−0.6703 (.0262)

Organizational Tenure < 15 years

0.2477 (954.48)

1.1063 (1773.45)

0.2921 (.1184)

Works Fulltime

0.3827 (.0707)

0.8891 (.1230)

0.3757 (.1250)

Works Part-time/Per Diem

0.2852 (.0897)

1.0609 (.1861)

0.4195 (.1875)

Doctor

0.0353 (.0718)

0.4413 (.1315)

0.1360 (.1302)

Advanced-Practice Clinician (APC)

−0.1661 (.0629)

0.4915 (.1134)

−0.2498 (.1167)

Works in Primary Care

0.3484 (.0663)

1.0523 (.1299)

0.0484 (.1444)

Not in Primary Care

0.3331 (.0630)

0.8732 (.1141)

0.6652 (.1172)

Workload ψ

0.2335 (.0726)

−0.1773 (.1464)

−1.1792 (.1637)

Autonomy Needs ψ

−0.1559 (.0677)

0.2300 (.1107)

0.6356 (.1437)

Relatedness Needs ψ

−0.1528 (.0655)

0.0593 (.1113)

0.7209 (.1429)

Meaningfulness of Practice ψ

0.0214 (.0626)

0.1381 (.0934)

0.3828 (.1234)

Risk Aversion ψ

−0.0453 (.0599)

0.2256 (.1026)

−0.2603 (.1181)

Intolerance of Uncertainty ψ

−0.0482 (.0659)

0.2384 (.1264)

−0.4419 (.1238)

Unit Support Staff F.T.E.s ψ

0.0156 (.0541)

0.0916 (.0999)

−0.1679 (.1176)

Clinical Unit of ≤ 5 Practitioners

−1.6490 (.1106)

−26.1024 (.2091)

−1.7937 (1.0024)

  1. Note: Bolded figures indicate statistical significance at the alpha = 0.05 significance level
  2. Ψ = This continuous variable was standardized
  3. aThese are fixed-effects-only zero-inflated beta regressions, on each independent variable, of the proportion of time that a provider was dissatisfied with their clinical practice