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Table 4 Relative risk ratio of patients choosing another hospital over H4 in each wave

From: Predictors of patients’ choice of hospitals under universal health coverage: a case study of the Nicaraguan capital

 

2017 (N = 1629)

2019 (N = 1912)

 

H1

H2

H3

H5

H1

H2

H3

H5

HFV

Distance (log km)

1.53*** (1.24–1.89)

1.46*** (1.20–1.79)

1.41*** (1.15–1.71)

1.92*** (1.38–2.68)

2.27*** (1.76–2.92)

1.50*** (1.20–1.88)

1.61*** (1.27–2.03)

2.07*** (1.41–3.04)

1.28** (1.02–1.61)

Being referred

2.98*** (2.04–4.35)

1.53** (1.06–2.22)

1.55** (1.08–2.22)

2.66*** (1.42–4.96)

12.86*** (7.54–21.93)

0.38*** (0.25–0.58)

0.46*** (0.30–0.70)

9.72*** (4.87–19.40)

0.26*** (0.17–0.41)

Health status

0.67*** (0.52–0.87)

1.44*** (1.13–1.83)

0.75** (0.58–0.96)

2.64*** (1.67–4.17)

1.17 (0.91–1.52)

1.35** (1.07–1.71)

0.43*** (0.33–0.55)

3.90*** (2.49–6.09)

1.54*** (1.23–1.93)

Global rating

0.61*** (0.50–0.73)

1.30*** (1.07–1.58)

0.97 (0.79–1.17)

1.26 (0.90–1.77)

1.88*** (1.48–2.40)

1.67*** (1.36–2.06)

1.29** (1.03–1.61)

2.38*** (1.63–3.47)

2.31*** (1.84–2.89)

  1. 95% CI in parentheses; *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1