Table 1 Association between covid-19 lockdown and the number of treated patients: results of a multivariate linear regression adjusted for random effects on the levels of German federal states, administrative districts within the federal states and GP practices
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ß (95% CI) | p | ß (95% CI) | p | ß (95% CI) | p | |
Assessment during covid-19 lockdown compared to assessment before covid-19 | -94.6 (-116.7 to -72.5) | < 0.001 | -94.6 (-116.2 to -73.0) | < 0.001 | -94.1 (-115.3 to -73.0) | < 0.001 |
Days since lockdown on 13 March 2020 | -0.34 (-1.3 to 0.57) | 0.466 | -0.30 (-1.2 to 0.61) | 0.517 | -0.29 (-1.2 to 0.60) | 0.522 |
Days between baseline and follow-up | 0.043 (-0.017 to 0.10) | 0.160 | 0.041 (-0.021 to 0.10) | 0.193 | 0.061 (-0.0018 to 0.12) | 0.057 |
Region: urban areas vs. rural areas | 13.5 (-8.9 to 35.8) | 0.238 | 12.1 (-11.4 to 35.6) | 0.312 | 6.1 (-18.2 to 30.3) | 0.622 |
Age of the physician (in years) | 0.99 (-0.47 to 2.4) | 0.184 | 0.58 (-0.87 to 2.0) | 0.434 | ||
Sex of the physician: male vs. female | 10.4 (-13.9 to 34.7) | 0.400 | 14.0 (-9.8 to 37.8) | 0.249 | ||
Postgraduate medical specialist training | ||||||
- None (general practitioner) | -39.0 (-131.9 to 53.9) | 0.410 | -53.8 (-146.2 to 38.7) | 0.254 | ||
- General medicine | 23.3 (-21.3 to 68.0) | 0.305 | 20.6 (-23.2 to 64.3) | 0.357 | ||
- Internal medicine | 10.3 (-28.2 to 48.7) | 0.601 | 9.5 (-27.9 to 46.9) | 0.617 | ||
Type of practice | ||||||
- Group practice vs. individual practice | -45.3 (-87.0 to -3.6) | 0.033 | ||||
- Joint practice vs. individual practice | -35.2 (-59.3 to -11.1) | 0.004 | ||||
- Medical care centre vs. individual practice | 8.2 (-73.3 to 89.8) | 0.843 | ||||