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Table 5 Association between physicians’ obligation to patients who pay, background characteristics and responses for survey statements. Using multivariate logistic regression (n = 177)

From: What motivates physicians to propose private services in a mixed private-public healthcare system? A mixed methods study

 

B

SE

P-value

Odds Ratio

CI Low

CI High

Background characteristics

 Gender [Female]

−1.982

1.144

0.083

0.138

0.015

1.296

 Age [Years]

−0.015

0.035

0.669

0.985

0.92

1.055

Statements regarding job and salary satisfaction

 The job I perform is more valuable and important than the job my colleagues perform

0.576

0.291

0.048

1.778

1.005

3.146

Statements regarding perspective of health

 Patients are more committed to a course of treatment if they pay out of their own pockets for it

−0.009

0.288

0.976

0.992

0.564

1.744

 In the private system, patients trust me much more than they do/would in the public system

0.724

0.268

0.007

2.063

1.221

3.485

Statements regarding satisfaction of work in the public sector

 I find working in the public sector rewarding

−0.273

0.338

0.419

0.761

0.392

1.476