Table 3

Dimension 2: Crude and adjusted associations between patient characteristics and patients' evaluation of aspects of the medical care.


100% positive assessments 1
 0–49% positive assessments 2




Prev.(%)
 PR
 Adj. PR
 95% CI
 Prev.(%)
 PR
 Adj. PR
 95% CI
Gender
(N = 25377)
 Female
 61.2
 1
 13
19.4
 1
 1

Male
 61.2
 1.00
 0.95
 0.93 – 0.97
 19.2
 0.99
 1.06
 1.00 – 1.13
Age (years)
(N = 25377)
 18–24
 47.8
 1
 13
26.2
 1
 1

25–29
 52.3
 1.09
 1.07
 0.99 – 1.16
 23.2
 1.03
 0.92
 0.82 – 1.04

30–34
 56.8
 1.19
 1.18
 1.10 – 1.26
 21.6
 1.00
 0.84
 0.75 – 0.93

35–39
 56.3
 1.18
 1.20
 1.13 – 1.29
 21.8
 1.01
 0.79
 0.71 – 0.88

40–44
 57.7
 1.21
 1.29
 1.19 – 1.38
 20.9
 1.00
 0.71
 0.63 – 0.79

45–49
 57.5
 1.20
 1.31
 1.22 – 1.41
 21.9
 0.90
 0.70
 0.62 – 0.78

50–54
 61.1
 1.28
 1.44
 1.33 – 1.55
 19.0
 0.88
 0.57
 0.50 – 0.65

55–59
 64.5
 1.35
 1.55
 1.43 – 1.66
 17.9
 0.74
 0.52
 0.46 – 0.60

60–64
 67.1
 1.40
 1.61
 1.50 – 1.73
 15.6
 0.67
 0.45
 0.40 – 0.52

65–69
 73.0
 1.53
 1.76
 1.64 – 1.88
 13.1
 0.58
 0.38
 0.33 – 0.45

70–74
 71.4
 1.49
 1.73
 1.61 – 1.86
 14.9
 0.53
 0.43
 0.38 – 0.50

75–79
 70.1
 1.47
 1.73
 1.61 – 1.85
 14.8
 0.51
 0.42
 0.36 – 0.48

80+
 69.8
 1.46
 1.73
 1.60 – 1.87
 15.6
 0.57
 0.42
 0.36 – 0.50
Further education (years)
(N = 24220)
 None
 60.2
 1
 13
19.6
 1
 1

Less than 2
 60.4
 1.01
 1.03
 0.99 – 1.07
 20.8
 1.06
 1.04
 0.94 – 1.16

2–4
 61.5
 0.91
 1.02
 0.99 – 1.05
 19.1
 0.97
 1.02
 0.95 – 1.10

5 or more
 61.2
 0.80
 1.00
 0.97 – 1.04
 18.8
 0.96
 1.03
 0.93 – 1.14

Undergoing education or other
 61.4
 0.90
 1.07
 1.02 – 1.12
 17.3
 0.88
 0.85
 0.74 – 0.97
Frequency of attendance (times per year)
(N = 25377)
 0–1
 64.2
 1
 13
19.0
 1
 1

2–3
 60.9
 0.95
 0.98
 0.95 – 1.01
 19.2
 1.01
 0.96
 0.88 – 1.05

4–5
 61.9
 0.96
 1.01
 0.98 – 1.05
 19.3
 1.02
 0.92
 0.84 – 1.01

6–7
 60.0
 0.94
 1.01
 0.98 – 1.06
 19.3
 1.02
 0.85
 0.77 – 0.94

8–9
 60.6
 0.94
 1.04
 1.00 – 1.09
 19.5
 1.03
 0.82
 0.73 – 0.92

10+
 60.1
 0.94
 1.09
 1.04 – 1.14
 19.8
 1.04
 0.74
 0.67 – 0.83
Duration of listing (years)
(N = 16880)
 Less than 1
 60.5
 1
 13
20.3
 1
 1

1–2
 62.7
 1.04
 1.01
 0.96 – 1.07
 18.4
 0.91
 0.99
 0.86 – 1.12

3–7
 61.2
 1.01
 0.96
 0.91 – 1.01
 19.0
 0.93
 1.05
 0.93 – 1.18

8–12
 62.4
 1.03
 0.96
 0.90 – 1.01
 19.1
 0.94
 1.11
 0.98 – 1.27

13+
 65.8
 1.09
 1.00
 0.94 – 1.06
 16.0
 0.79
 0.94
 0.83 – 1.08
Self-rated health
(N = 25377)
 Excellent
 71.8
 1
 13
13.4
 1
 1

Very good
 64.8
 0.90
 0.86
 0.83 – 0.89
 15.7
 1.17
 1.27
 1.14 – 1.43

Good
 61.1
 0.85
 0.72
 0.70 – 0.75
 19.2
 1.43
 1.90
 1.69 – 2.13

Fair
 52.4
 0.73
 0.59
 0.56 – 0.61
 26.5
 1.97
 2.94
 2.60 – 3.31

Poor
 48.2
 0.67
 0.53
 0.49 – 0.58
 30.2
 2.25
 3.43
 2.96 – 3.97
Chronic condition
(N = 25017)
 No
 64.6
 1
 13
18.6
 1
 1

Yes-KRTC
 67.9
 1.10
 1.09
 1.06 – 1.12
 15.9
 0.86
 0.84
 0.77 – 0.92

Yes-other or multiple
 57.1
 0.93
 1.01
 0.98 – 1.04
 22.2
 1.19
 0.96
 0.90 – 1.02
Chronic condition
(N = 17058)
61.6
 1
 13
18.6
 1
 1

K – Cardiovascular
 70.6
 1.15
 1.12
 1.08 – 1.16
 13.7
 0.73
 0.76
 0.67 – 0.87

R – Respiratory
 60.6
 0.98
 1.05
 0.99 – 1.10
 19.4
 1.04
 0.90
 0.79 – 1.04

T – Endocrine
 68.2
 1.11
 1.11
 1.06 – 1.16
 17.9
 0.96
 0.94
 0.81 – 1.08

C – Cancer
 75.2
 1.22
 1.28
 1.19 – 1.37
 11.7
 0.63
 0.55
 0.39 – 0.77

Prevalence ratio (PR) for 100% positive assessments and for 0–49% positive assessments associated with different patient characteristics. Crude PRs are adjusted for clustering of patients. Adjusted PRs are adjusted for patients' gender, age, frequency of attending a GP, self -rated health and clustering of frequency patients. Numbers in italics are used to indicate statistical significance.

1 Patients who marked 100% of the answered questions in one of the two most positive answering categories.

2 Patients who marked less than 50% (0–49%) of the answered questions in one of the two most positive answering categories.

3 Poisson regression with robust variance

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