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Table 4 Regression analysis of hospitalization rates for knee arthroplasty

From: Geographic variation and factors associated with rates of knee arthroplasty in Korea-a population based ecological study

 

All ages

Age group 0–64

Age group 65 and over

Coefficient

SE

Coefficient

SE

Coefficient

SE

Baseline (intercept)

183.422

11.432

66.750

6.453

1149.261

76.014

District-level

 Deprivation index

6.537***

.624

6.883***

.352

33.652***

4.151

 Average costs of musculoskeletal diseases

−.021

.082

−.037

.046

.119

.547

 No. of primary care physicians per 100,000

−.322

.190

−.134

.107

−2.364

1.265

Hospital service area-level

 No. of orthopedic surgeons per 100,000

−5.187***

1.319

−1.915*

.745

−32.196***

8.772

 No. of small to medium sized hospital beds per 1000

2.750*

1.390

.038

.784

22.457*

9.240

 No. of large sized hospital beds per 1000

4.229

2.570

2.549

1.451

27.211

17.092

Adjusted R2

.546

 

.737

 

.464

 

F-statistics

48.489***

 

113.216***

 

34.926***

 
  1. *p < 0.05 ***p < 0.001