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Table 4 Comparison of the OLS, SAR and GWR models for LOS in MCO and SSR facilities

From: Efficiency of fine scale and spatial regression in modelling associations between healthcare service spatial accessibility and their utilization

Predictor variables

OLS

SAR

GWR

Coefficients

Std Error

Coefficients

Std Error

Coefficients

Std Error(mean)

LOS_MCO

      

 ISA_MCO

− 0.161***

0.037

0.015

0.024

[− 55.959; 8.438]

0.037

 APL_GPs

− 1.065**

0.097

− 0.348***

0.061

[− 37.882; 37.084]

0.097

 APL_Nurses

0.302***

0.096

0.005

0.065

[− 39.567; 78.291]

0.097

 APL_Physiotherapists

− 1.518***

0.165

− 0.953***

0.108

[− 26.147; 33.852]

0.164

 Non− Owner

− 1.395***

0.117

− 0.244***

0.076

[− 4.631; 2.412]

0.116

 Precarious

− 0.507

0.403

− 0.415

0.253

[− 13.835; 10.757]

0.39

Spatial parameters

   

 Spatial Lag Coefficient ρ

 

0.767***

 

 Bandwidth GWR

  

Adaptive, 0.38% nearest neighbouring IRIS

Model assessment

   

 Adjusted R2

0.508

0.775

0.955

 AIC

3285.273

2238.6

539.139

 Moran’s I residuals

0.609***

0.031*

0.086***

LOS_SSR

   

 ISA_SSR

0.245***

0.036

0.131

0.023

[− 7.808; 4.756]

4.241

 APL_GPs

0.332***

0.096

0.034

0.06

[–33.213; 57.124]

0.931

 APL_Nurses

− 1.367***

0.09

− 0.423***

0.063

[− 28.11; 25.561]

1.124

 APL_Physiotherapists

− 1.679***

0.165

− 1.048***

0.108

[− 20.186; 18.678]

0.811

 Non− Owner

− 1.209***

0.114

− 0.169***

0.073

[− 4.631; 2.412]

1.133

 Precarious

− 0.491

0.384

− 0.452

0.241

[− 7.075; 9.112]

0.473

Spatial parameters

   

 Spatial Lag Coefficient ρ

 

0.764***

 

 Bandwidth GWR

  

Adaptive, 0.52% nearest neighbouring IRIS

Model assessment

  

0.931

 Adjusted R2

0.485

0.769

939.464

 AIC

3255.05

2181.912

0.131***

 Moran’s I residuals

0.611***

0.032*

 
  1. ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001; Std Error: Standard deviation error