Table 4 Associations of individual characteristics, various aspects of defensive medicine on fears of legal consequences (results of stepwise linear regression analysis, under specification of standardized beta coefficient, α = 5%)
Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I wanted to cover myself legally. | 0.566 | 0.458 | 0.360 | 0.333 | 0.328 | 0.351 | 0.338 |
Likelihood of being sued civilly on an occupational basis in the next 10 years | 0.316 | 0.256 | 0.257 | 0.249 | 0.256 | 0.250 | |
Feeling of influence of legal requirements on GPs’ actions | 0.232 | 0.266 | 0.260 | 0.257 | 0.249 | ||
Gender | − 0.153 | − 0.151 | − 0.155 | − 0.158 | |||
Peer pressure | 0.076 | 0.091 | 0.080 | ||||
Pressure from patients | − 0.081 | − 0.099 | |||||
Referral to other specialists | − 0.082 | ||||||
R² | 0.318 | 0.405 | 0.441 | 0.462 | 0.466 | 0.470 | 0.474 |