A cost-benefit analysis on the specialization in departments of obstetrics and gynecology in Japan

Health Economics Review

Table 5 Estimation results by the conditional logit model

	Kaizuka citizens	Izumisano citizens	Hannan citizens	Sennan citizens
Cost of a birth	-0.140**	-0.121**	-0.200**	-0.168**
Traveling time (by car) to the facility	-0.034**	-0.027**	-0.010*	-0.011*
Waiting time for a medical exam	-0.012**	-0.013*	-0.010**	-0.019*
Early-evening and weekend exams	0.894**	0.991**	1.037**	1.483**
Number of obstetricians and gynecologists	0.158**	0.173**	0.343*	0.275^cph
Number of nursing staff	0.075**	0.078**	0.072**	0.077*
Pediatricians on duty	0.074**	0.077**	0.092*	0.074*

Notes: * and ** denote the parameter is significantly different from zero at 5% and 1% level, respectively. The estimated parameter of "cost of a birth" variable is the marginal utility of income

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