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Table 4 Estimating physician-level variance in the during-treatment change in GAF scores (Nā€‰=ā€‰1,081)

From: Multilevel analysis of the determinants of the global assessment of functioning in an inpatient population

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Model: Ļ‡2ā€‰=ā€‰32.91, dfā€‰=ā€‰7, pā€‰<ā€‰.001

Parameter

est

se

z

p

Intercept

7.56

1.63

4.64

<.001

Male gender

āˆ’0.62

0.77

āˆ’0.80

.424

Age(at discharge)

0.02

0.03

0.64

.519

Diagnosis

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā€ƒā€‰Schizophrenia

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ā€ƒā€‰Dementia

āˆ’4.18

1.48

āˆ’2.82

.005

ā€ƒā€‰Mood

2.37

1.00

2.39

.017

ā€ƒā€‰Other

āˆ’0.89

1.04

āˆ’0.85

.395

Change in ADL

āˆ’0.49

0.19

āˆ’2.61

.009

Change in IADL

āˆ’0.03

0.07

āˆ’0.39

.699

Variance:

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

Unit-level

1.21

1.64

Ā Ā 

Physician-level

11.35

4.50

Ā Ā 

Individual-level

122.91

5.40

Ā Ā 

Ļ(physician)*

0.08

Ā Ā Ā 

Ļ(physician, unit)ā€ 

0.09

Ā Ā Ā 
  1. *Intraclass correlation within physicians: physician-level variance/total variance.
  2. ā€ Intraclass correlation within units and physicians: (unit-level varianceā€‰+ā€‰physician-level variance)/total variance.
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BMC Psychiatry

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