Table 4 Linear models of doctors’ effort, practice quality and access of new doctors (2004–2007)
From: Pay for performance and contractual choice: the case of general practitioners in England
Model I: | Model II: | Model III: | |
|---|---|---|---|
FTE | Proportion of total | Access of | |
QOF points | new doctors | ||
Age | 0.36*** | 0.17*** | -0.01*** |
(0.06) | (0.02) | (0.0002) | |
Age squared | -0.01*** | -0.002*** | - |
(0.001) | (0.0002) | ||
Female | -0.12*** | 0.16*** | -0.02*** |
(0.002) | (0.05) | (0.003) | |
Being a partner | -0.07*** | - | - |
(0.01) | |||
Age* Being a | 0.004*** | - | - |
partner | (0.0002) | ||
Distance to the | -0.02*** | 0.001 | -0.00004 |
best practice | (0.002) | (0.001) | (0.0001) |
Total population | 0.50*** | 0.01 | -0.01*** |
(0.02) | (0.01) | (0.001) | |
LISI | 0.04*** | -0.11*** | 0.001** |
(0.01) | (0.003) | (0.0002) | |
Proportion female | 0.45*** | 0.52*** | -0.001** |
65-74 | (0.14) | (0.04) | (0.003) |
Proportion female | -0.34*** | 0.05* | -0.001 |
75+ | (0.08) | (0.02) | (0.002) |
Proportion male | 0.10 | -0.48*** | 0.004 |
65-74 | (0.13) | (0.04) | (0.003) |
Proportion male | -0.05 | -0.07** | 0.001 |
75+ | (0.09) | (0.03) | (0.004) |
Practice years | -0.03*** | 0.04*** | -0.0005* |
(0.01) | (0.004) | (0.0003) | |
Practice size | -0.58*** | 0.23*** | 0.01*** |
(0.03) | (0.01) | (0.001) | |
2005 | -0.16** | 3.40*** | -0.04*** |
(0.08) | (0.03) | (0.002) | |
2006 | 4.39*** | 3.54*** | -0.06*** |
(0.09) | (0.03) | (0.002) | |
2007 | 4.09*** | 3.69*** | -0.07*** |
(0.94) | (0.03) | (0.002) | |
Constant | 83.25*** | 90.43*** | 0.87*** |
(1.37) | (0.42) | (0.01) | |
N. observations | 126,930 | 126,626 | 102,325 |
N. practices | 8504 | 8472 | 5033 |