Table 3 Ordered Probit marginal effects (M.E.) on the probability to belong to the various waiting time categories for MRI
Up to 1 month | 2-3 months | 4-5 months | 6-12 months | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M.E. | z | M.E. | z | M.E. | z | M.E. | z | |
Hospital (vs. in the community) | -0.124 | -2.35 | 0.067 | 2.33 | 0.036 | 2.31 | 0.022 | 1.98 |
Female (vs. male) | 0.081 | 1.74 | -0.044 | -1.72 | -0.023 | -1.68 | -0.014 | -1.6 |
Age | 0.001 | 0.19 | -0.001 | -0.19 | 0.000 | -0.19 | 0.000 | -0.19 |
Income per standardized adult (in thousands IS) | 0.014 | 1.29 | -0.007 | -1.29 | -0.004 | -1.25 | -0.002 | -1.23 |
Public finance only | 0.092 | 1.59 | -0.049 | -1.58 | -0.026 | -1.53 | -0.016 | -1.51 |
Number of chronic illnesses | 0.005 | 0.28 | -0.003 | -0.28 | -0.001 | -0.28 | -0.001 | -0.28 |
Peripheral location | -0.067 | -0.97 | 0.036 | 0.97 | 0.019 | 0.94 | 0.012 | 0.97 |
Israel or former USSR origin | 0.078 | 1.49 | -0.042 | -1.48 | -0.022 | -1.44 | -0.014 | -1.43 |
Pseudo R squared =0.02 | ||||||||