A Comparison Study of Doctor-Patient Internet Interactions in Traditional and Modern Medicine: Empirical Evidence from Online Healthcare Communities
Table 6
Results of using alternative dependent variables and empirical specifications.
(1) OLS all
(2) Probit all
(3) Probit TCM
(4) Probit MM
Variables
OCR
OCR
OCR
OCR
Desc_len
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
Star
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
City
−0.01
0.02
0.01
0.01
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.03)
(0.01)
Hot
0.01
0.50
0.49
0.50
(0.01)
(0.02)
(0.07)
0.03
Thank-you
−0.01
0.19
0.14
0.19
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.02)
(0.01)
Gift
−0.01
0.82
0.76
0.84
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.03)
(0.01)
Article
−0.01
0.10
0.08
0.10
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
Review
−0.01
0.04
0.01
0.04
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.00)
Start year
0.01
−0.04
−0.04
−0.04
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
Intro_len
−0.01
−0.01
−0.01
−0.01
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
(0.01)
Academic title dummies
Yes†
Yes†
Yes
Yes†
Clinic title dummies
Yes
Yes†
Yes
Yes
Department dummies
Yes†
Yes†
Yes
Yes†
Constant
−0.33
82.01
83.81
79.75
(0.01)
(3.8)
(10.4)
(4.1)
Observations
168870
157459
16840
140619
R-squared
0.262
0.347
0.315
0.352
Note. Standard errors are in parentheses. ,, and represent significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively. For all AT, CT, and department dummy variables included in the regression, we mark † only when more than half of the dummy coefficients turn out to be significant.
