Research Article
Medical Cost and Motorcycle Helmet Law in Taiwan
Table 5
Logistic regression for the likelihood of sustaining a head injury in a motorcycle accident.
| Variable | Coefficient | Odds ratio | Standard error | value |
| Intercept | −8.1149*** | | 0.0983 | <0.0001 |
| Policy interaction | −0.2693** | 0.764 | 0.1057 | 0.0108 | Policy*Center | 0.3664** | 1.443 | 0.1643 | 0.0258 | Policy*South | 0.3881*** | 1.474 | 0.1334 | 0.0036 | Policy*East | 0.5242 | 1.689 | 0.4110 | 0.2021 |
| Geographic locations | | | | | Center | 0.3881*** | 1.474 | 0.1334 | 0.0036 | South | 0.5242 | 1.689 | 0.4110 | 0.2021 | East | 0.0561 | 1.058 | 0.3108 | 0.8568 | (ref.: north) | | | | |
| Gender | 0.3301*** | 1.391 | 0.0572 | <0.0001 |
| Age | | | | | Children | −2.0731*** | 0.126 | 0.1647 | <0.0001 | Adult 15–24 | 0.6227*** | 1.864 | 0.0606 | <0.0001 | Elderly | −0.0431 | 0.958 | 0.1192 | 0.7178 | (ref.: adult 25–64) | | | | |
| Rural/urban | | | | | City | −0.2614** | 0.770 | 0.1260 | 0.0380 | County administered | 0.3246*** | 1.383 | 0.0947 | 0.0006 | Town | 0.9101*** | 2.485 | 0.0927 | <0.0001 | Village | 0.4130*** | 1.511 | 0.0891 | <0.0001 | (ref.: special municipality) | | | | |
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a***Denotes significant at 0.01 level; **denotes significant at 0.05 level; *denotes significant at 0.1 level.
bReference groups: north, female, adult 25–64, special municipality, Policy*North. Observations = 1809237.
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