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Table 5 Predictors of country income level of overseas elective, stratified by route of entry

From: Medical electives: exploring the determinants of placement and access variables between 2010 and 2016 at the University of Auckland

 

General Route

MAPAS Route

RRAS Route

Predictors

Category

OR

CI (95%)

P-value

OR

CI (95%)

P-value

OR

CI (95%)

P-value

Age

< 25 years

Reference

Reference

Reference

≥25 years

1.25

0.75–1.85

0.26

0.37

0.17–0.80

0.01*

4.36

1.62–11.72

0.004**

Ethnicity

NZ European

Reference

–

–

–

Reference

Māori

0.53

0.09–3.06

0.48

Reference

–

–

–

Pacific

0.31

0.03–2.90

0.31

0.29

0.13–0.63

0.002**

–

–

–

Asian

1.43

1.01–2.04

0.05

–

–

–

–

–

–

Other minority

1.32

0.55–3.17

0.53

–

–

–

0.51b

0.12–2.10

0.35

Sex

Male

Reference

Reference

Reference

Female

0.81

0.58–1.14

0.23

0.93

0.42–2.05

0.86

1.16

0.43–3.06

0.76

Year of elective

Per year

1.12

1.03–1.23

0.008**

1.06

0.87–1.28

0.58

1.05

0.85–1.30

0.66

Secondary School decile

High (9–10)

Reference

Reference

Reference

Medium (4–8)

0.66

0.45–0.95

0.03*

1.26

0.51–3.09

0.61

1.31

0.39–3.26

0.82

Low (1–3)

0.72

0.30–1.70

0.45

1.35

0.50–3.65

0.55

0.40

0.07–2.30

0.31

Overseas schooling

0.82

0.32–2.68

0.88

- c

–

–

- c

–

–

χ2(10)

  

22.84

0.01

 

17.54

0.008

 

12.39

0.05

Pseudo R2a

  

0.03

  

0.10

  

0.10

 

N

  

581

  

131

  

88

 
  1. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio
  2. The dependent variable in this analysis is overseas electives county income levels, with 0 = Low, Lower-Middle, and Upper-Middle Income Countries and 1 = High Income Countries
  3. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01
  4. aMcFadden’s R2
  5. bFor analysis in RRAS route only, the Māori (n = 1), Pacific (n = 1), Asian (n = 17) and other minorities (n = 1) were grouped together due to small numbers
  6. cn = 5 MAPAS and n = 3 RRAS students with overseas schooling were dropped from these models as they all went to a Low, Lower-Middle or Upper-Middle Income Country for their elective (i.e. predict the outcome perfectly)
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