Each practice region associated with a regional campus had a higher proportion of locally-trained graduates than Indianapolis-trained graduates.
Predictors are practice deprivation, patient satisfaction with care (general satisfaction and satisfaction with opening hours), and the practice region of location.
In other words, there was a concordance between practice region and campus region (coded as 1 in the dataset).
SMI prevalence rates were calculated overall, by deprivation quintile and by practice region, across the study period.
(After a woman's death, her records are sent to the relevant health authority in the practice region for archiving).
Therefore, new dietitians were invited and if possible selection was based on practice region and level of urbanicity.
In the regression models for practice location choice, these variables were specifically coded to reflect the concordance between practice region and campus region.
Relevant characteristics of participating physicians were noted, including number of years in practice, medical specialty, current MF case load (by individual physicians and by practice), region of practice, and type of practice (e.g., community clinic, academic hospital).
Conversely, if a graduate's practice location fell outside the boundaries of the campus region he/she attended, then that was considered a discordance between practice region and campus region (coded as 0 in the dataset).
This sample size accounts for 3% of the total population of Dutch dietitians working in private practices and is sufficient in order to be representative for practice region, and level of urbanicity.
