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Perception of choice by referral method |
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Question |
Categories |
Choose & Book (n = 47) |
Partial Booking (n = 57) |
TOTAL |
Test comparing groups (excluding missing data) |
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| "Do you consider that you were given any choice over your appointment?" |
Yes |
30 |
23 |
53 |
Fisher's exact p = 0.015 (no and unsure combined) |
|
| No |
13 |
31 |
44 |
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| Unsure |
2 |
3 |
5 |
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| missing |
2 |
0 |
2 |
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|
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| "Were you given a choice of the following?" |
Hospital |
Yes |
32 |
11 |
43 |
Fisher's exact p < 0.001 |
| No |
15 |
46 |
61 |
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| Appointment Date |
Yes |
16 |
17 |
33 |
Fisher's exact p = 0.7 |
|
| No |
31 |
40 |
71 |
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| Time of Appointment |
Yes |
16 |
14 |
30 |
Fisher's exact p = 0.4 |
|
| No |
31 |
43 |
74 |
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| Number of hospitals offered |
1 – no choice |
15 |
47 |
62 |
Mann-Whitney z = 5.3, p < 0.001 |
|
| 2 |
16 |
7 |
23 |
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| 3 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
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| 4 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
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| Can't remember |
4 |
0 |
4 |
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| missing |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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Green et al. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008 8:36 doi:10.1186/1472-6947-8-36 |
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