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Table 3 Trust in Physicians and Individual Characteristics Affecting the Level of Trust: Results of Ordered Probit Regression Model (Household Level)

From: Public trust in physicians: empirical analysis of patient-related factors affecting trust in physicians in China

 

Coef.

SE

Provider/facility structural quality

 Very Unsatisfied (ref.)

  

 Unsatisfied

0.169**

0.067

 Fair

0.360***

0.066

 Satisfied

0.557***

0.065

 Very Satisfied

0.855***

0.072

Perceived medical competency of physician

 Very Bad (ref.)

  

 Bad

0.124**

0.058

 Fair

0.284***

0.057

 Good

0.460***

0.057

 Very Good

0.618***

0.061

Age group

 16–29 (ref.)

  

 30–39

−0.077***

0.022

 40–49

−0.050**

0.024

 50–59

− 0.087***

0.026

  > =60

−0.033

0.028

Respondent male

 Yes

−0.065***

0.015

Educational attainment

 Illiterate/Semi-literate

−0.295

0.030

 Elementary school

−0.078***

0.027

 Middle school

−0.093***

0.022

 High school

−0.099***

0.022

 Above three-years of college (ref.)

  

Respondent married

 Yes

−0.038**

0.018

Place of residence: urban

 Yes

−0.110***

0.016

Medical insurance coverage

 GMI

0.006

0.042

 UEMI

0.065**

0.029

 URMI

0.042

0.030

 NRCMI

0.114***

0.025

 Sup Insurance

0.142

0.092

 No Insurance (ref.)

  

Household income

 Low income (ref.)

−0.009

0.021

 Lower middle income

−0.041

0.022

 Upper middle income

−0.046

0.024

 High income

  

Employment status

 Agricultural worker

0.058***

0.020

 Wage-earner

−0.073***

0.018

 Self-employed

−0.126***

0.025

 Economically inactive (ref.)

  

Self-rated health status

 Poor (ref.)

  

 Fair

0.037

0.025

 Good

0.054**

0.021

Chronic condition present

 Yes

−0.040***

0.015

Current smoker

 Yes

−0.041***

0.017

Regular drinker

 Yes

−0.026

0.019

Hospitalization history

 Yes

0.035

0.020

Family size

0.138***

0.004

Internet very important source of information

 Yes

0.105***

0.015

Television very important source of information

 Yes

0.213***

0.014

Geographic Locations of respondents

 Northeast region (ref.)

  East region

0.186***

0.029

  Central region

0.164***

0.035

  West region

0.148***

0.035

GDP

0.001

0.002

Government spending

0.004

0.006

  1. Asterisks*** indicates statistical significance at the 1% level, ** at the 5% level