Table 3 |
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Null and Full model main effects for patients, ZIP of residence and Hospital |
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| Intercepts |
Tau |
% variance |
P-value |
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| Null model (intercepts only) |
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| Intercept – patients |
theta0 |
0.964 |
0.812 |
0.000 |
| Intercept – ZIP codes |
b00 |
0.035 |
0.030 |
0.039 |
| Intercept – hospitals |
c00 |
0.188 |
0.159 |
0.000 |
| Full Model (all level 1 & 2 covariates) |
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| Intercept – patients |
theta0 |
0.973 |
0.867 |
0.000 |
| Intercept – ZIP codes |
b00 |
0.026 |
0.023 |
0.316 |
| Intercept – hospitals |
c00 |
0.124 |
0.110 |
0.000 |
|
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Penfold et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2008 7:56 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-7-56 |
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