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Table 6 Regression coefficients for predicting the importance of surgeon selection

From: Association between trust in the public healthcare system and selecting a surgeon in public hospitals in Israel: a cross-sectional population study

Predictors

 

Coefficients

β

SE

B

t

R2

First step

0.06

 Gender (male)

− 0.01

0.04

− 0.01

− 0.77

 Age

−0.03

0.02

−0.01

−1.89

 Marital status (married)

0.07

0.05

0.05

1.45

 Education

−0.01

0.01

−0.03

− 0.75

 Income

0.01

0.01

0.04

0.94

 Health status

−0.01

0.03

−0.01

− 0.30

 Jewish sector (general)

0.32

0.06

0.26

5.43**

 Jewish sector (immigrants from the former Soviet Union)

0.15

0.08

0.09

1.92

 HMO (Clalit Health Services)

−0.12

0.05

−0.10

−2.42*

 HMO (Maccabi Healthcare Services)

−0.12

0.06

−0.09

−2.08*

Second step

 Trust

−0.14

0.04

− 0.14

−3.87**

0.13

 Inequability

0.21

0.03

0.23

6.91**

  1. HMO Health maintenance organization
  2. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01