Table 2

Perception of choice by referral method


Question

Categories
Choose & Book
(n = 47)
Partial Booking
(n = 57)

TOTAL
Test comparing groups
(excluding missing data)

"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



Unsure
2
3
5



missing
2
0
2


"Were you given a choice of the following?"
Hospital
Yes
32
11
43
Fisher's exact p < 0.001


No
15
46
61


Appointment Date
Yes
16
17
33
Fisher's exact p = 0.7


No
31
40
71


Time of Appointment
Yes
16
14
30
Fisher's exact p = 0.4


No
31
43
74


Number of hospitals offered
1 – no choice
15
47
62
Mann-Whitney z = 5.3, p < 0.001


2
16
7
23



3
6
1
7



4
6
0
6



Can't remember
4
0
4



missing
0
2
2


Green et al. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008 8:36   doi:10.1186/1472-6947-8-36