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Table 4 Willingness to pay (WTP) for service delivery in emergency departments in different groups

From: Preferences of Iranians to select the emergency department physician at the time of service delivery

Variable

Emergency Medicine Specialist

Time to Receive Services

Physician Experience

WTP

Standard Error

WTP

Standard Error

WTP

Standard Error

High school or less education

6.699**

2.960

−0.096**

0.048

0.376**

0.176

Bachelor’s degree

64.272

163.588

−1.710

4.377

2.602

6.626

More than bachelor’s degree

26.377

16.597

−0.373

0.236

0.831

0.519

Males

25.036

16.009

−0.457

0.296

0.999

0.641

Females

19.290

12.754

−0.354

0.238

0.683

0.459

Low health status

5.279

3.402

−0.126

0.082

0.217

0.161

Average health status

8.011**

2.833

−0.179**

0.066

0.306**

0.121

High health status

116.289

323.951

−1.943

5.427

4.415

12.284

Age < 25 years

23.838

24.651

−0.497

0.521

1.174

1.227

Age 25–45 years

23.636*

14.118

−0.409*

0.247

0.871*

0.521

Age > 45 years

15.338

15.955

−0.327

0.346

0.397

0.437

Low income

8.760**

4.039

−0.197**

0.095

0.440**

0.215

High income

40.074

34.734

0.6913

0.603

1.410

1.218

Low financial status

9.585**

4.369

−0.204**

0.096

0.411**

0.196

Middle financial status

20.789*

11.972

−0.358*

0.209

0.799*

0.465

High financial status

−64.888

173.920

1.215

3.239

−2.244

6.039

  1. Note: **P-value< 0.05, * P-value< 0.10