Table 8

Odds ratios for physicians perceiving that they often or sometimes have enough time to spend with patients in visits


Odds Ratios
95% Confidence Intervals

Type of specialty1


Primary care
1.00

Medical specialty
0.85
0.54 – 1.34
Surgical specialty
2.11
1.12 – 3.96



% Patients with annual incomes < $20,000


30% or less
1.00

Over 30%
0.49
0.32 – 0.76



Preferred role in clinical decision-making2


Paternalism
1.00

Shared decision-making
1.83
1.04 – 3.25
Consumerism
1.03
0.48 – 2.22



Physician perceptions of frequency of encouraging patients to look for information.


Often/Sometimes
1.00

Hardly ever/Never
2.73
1.49 – 4.98

1Physicians in surgical specialties were also more likely to perceive themselves as often or sometimes having enough time when compared with physicians in medical specialties (OR 2.5; 95% CI 1.3 – 4.6)

2Physicians who preferred shared decision-making were non-significantly more likely to perceive they often or sometimes spent enough time with patients in visits compared to physicians who preferred consumerism (OR 1.78; 95% CI 0.96 – 3.28).

Murray et al. BMC Family Practice 2007 8:10   doi:10.1186/1471-2296-8-10