Work practices and the provision of mental-health care on the verge of reform: a national survey of Israeli psychiatrists and psychologists

Table 6 Variables impacting the extent of change expected (linear regression analyses)

Variables impacting the extent of change expected in the employment market
Variable	B	β	Std. error
Psychologist **	0.31	0.15	0.10
Women *	0.18	0.09	0.08
Working in public sector	0.07	0.04	0.08
Duration of treatment
Short-term – up to half a year	-0.09	-0.04	0.10
Moderate – half a year to a year*	-0.17	-0.08	0.09
Evidence-based care	-0.04	-0.02	0.09
financial considerations	-0.10	-0.05	0.08
Trained in Israel **	0.29	0.14	0.09
R ² - 10%
Variables Impacting the Extent of Change Expected in the Quality of Care
Psychologist **	0.29	0.17	0.08
Women **	0.22	0.13	0.06
Working in public sector *	0.16	0.10	0.06
Duration of treatment
Short-term – up to half a year	-0.11	-0.05	0.08
Moderate – half a year to a year*	-0.17	-0.09	0.07
Evidence-based care ^†	-0.13	-0.07	0.08
financial considerations ^†	-0.12	-0.07	0.06
Trained in Israel **	0.24	0.13	0.07
R ² - 13%

*p<0.05.
**p<0.01.
^†p<0.1 (borderline significance).
Note: reference for psychologists – psychiatrists; reference for women – men; reference for working in the public sector – working in the private sector; reference for short-term – up to half a year, moderate term – half a year to a year, long-term – more than a year; reference for evidence-based care – those not reporting thus; reference for allowing for financial considerations – those not reporting thus; reference for studies in Israel – studies abroad.

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