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Table 2 Manipulation checks

From: Does patient behaviour drive physicians to practice defensive medicine? Evidence from a video experiment

 

Mean

Control group mean (1)

Treatment group mean (2)

OLS Difference (3)

Patient Characteristics/Behaviours in Videos

 Trusting Physician

5.58

3.54

-2.04*** (0.000)

 Having Prior Medical Knowledge

3.79

4.11

0.33 (0.222)

 Anticipating of Facts

3.08

4.64

1.56*** (0.000)

 Suspiciousness

2.78

5.04

2.27*** (0.000)

 Critical Attitude

4.57

5.32

0.75*** (0.000)

 Concern

4.91

5.94

1.03*** (0.000)

 Anxiety

3.21

4.99

1.77*** (0.000)

 Friendliness

6.02

4.87

-1.16*** (0.000)

 Politeness

6.18

5.28

-0.89*** (0.000)

 Calmness

5.78

4.80

-0.98*** (0.000)

Physician Characteristics/Behaviours in Videos

 Experience

5.64

5.28

-0.37 (0.150)

 Capability

5.45

5.33

-0.12 (0.608)

 Taking Time

5.88

5.87

-0.00 (0.993)

 Handling Properly

5.43

5.18

-0.24 (0.376)

 Giving Enough Information

5.43

5.47

0.04 (0.876)

 Giving Correct Information

5.43

5.38

-0.05 (0.854)

  1. The table reports the results based on manipulation checks. All variables were measured on seven-point Likert scales. Columns (1) and (2) display means for the control and the treatment group, respectively. Column (3) reports the coefficients from an OLS regression with Critical Patient as the explanatory variable, with corresponding p-values shown in (parentheses). We clustered heteroskedasticity robust standard errors at the participant level