Change of government’s subsidization policy improves smoking cessation services: a cross-sectional study from the perspectives of physicians

Table 3 Multiple regression models of summation indexes

Factor	Patient changes		Physician attitudes		Possible barriers		Practice ^a5As
	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p	ß	p
Physician’s age	−0.03	0.045	−0.02	0.25	−0.01	0.89	−0.01	0.55
Physician’s gender: male	0.05	0.93	0.16	0.77	−0.23	0.55	0.88	0.06
Specialty: family medicine	0.68	0.03	0.57	0.09	0.19	0.42	0.35	0.22
Institution: medical center	2.94	0.001	3.36	0.001	1.13	0.06	2.34	0.001
Smoking status: non-smoker	0.07	0.89	0.45	0.37	−0.27	0.46	0.44	0.32

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