Table 7

Multivariate analysis of factors influencing doctors' satisfaction with doctor-patient relationship (logistic regression) using three models (M1, M2, M3)
Internal Medicine
 M11)
 M21)
 M32)

OR
 95% CI
 OR
 95% CI
 OR
 95% CI
Age
 1.01***
 1.01
 1.02
 1.00
 0.99
 1.01
 -#-
 -#-
 -#-
Gender
 1.40*
 1.00
 1.95
 1.35
 0.90
 2.02
 -#-
 -#-
 -#-
Ethnicity
 2.61***
 1.70
 4.02
 0.89
 0.52
 1.50
 -#-
 -#-
 -#-
Gender * Ethnicity
 0.78
 0.45
 1.36
 .90
 0.46
 1.79
 -#-
 -#-
 -#-
Communication competence
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 5.28***
 4.34
 6.43
 4.48***
 3.34
 6.01
Need for emergency treatment 3)
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 0.75***
 0.70
 0.81
 0.75***
 0.67
 0.83
Doctor's sex4)
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 0.50**
 0.30
 0.85
Health insurance5)
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 3.05**
 1.31
 7.11
Nagelkerke r2
 .03

.41

.33

Gynaecology
 M11)
 M21)
 M32)

OR
 95% CI
 OR
 95% CI
 OR
 95% CI
Age
 1.03
 0.99
 1.05
 1.01
 0.97
 1.04
 -#-
 -#-
 -#-
Ethnicity
 5.52***
 2.50
 12.17
 1.87
 0.71
 4.94
 -#-
 -#-
 -#-
Communication competence
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 4.07***
 2.52
 6.56
 6.22***
 2.84
 13.62
Need for emergency treatment 3)
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 0.71***
 0.60
 0.84
 0.63***
 0.55
 0.81
Duration of complaints
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 -*-
 1.00
 1.00
 1.02
Nagelkerke r2
 .13

.46

.50

1) Dependent variable: satisfaction with doctor-patient relationship (reference category: "dissatisfied");

2) Stepwise logistic regression, only significant results are shown; 3) Need for emergency treatment as perceived by the physician, 4) Reference category: female; 5) Reference category: health insurance not paid by the welfare office

OR – Odds Ratio; CI – Confidence Interval

* p ≤ .05; ** p ≤ .01; *** p ≤ .001; -*- not included in the model; -#- included, but non-significant

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