Table 4 Prevalence ratios of the patient-assessed importance of seeing the personal GP (very important as the response variable) in consultations with the personal GP, adjusted for the presented characteristics
Patients assessing the encounter with the personal GP 'very important’ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence (N) | Prevalence difference (95% CI) | Prevalence ratio (95 CI) | Adj. prevalence ratio (95 CI) | P-value | ||
Patient characteristics | ||||||
Substitution considered a possibility | Yes | 0.37 (82) | ref | 1 | 1 | |
No | 0.70 (1,246) | -0.32 (-0.39- -0.26) | 0.54 (0.45-0.64) | 0.57 (0.45-0.71) | <0.001 | |
Gender | Female | 0.70 (867) | ref | 1 | 1 | |
Male | 0.61 460) | -0.09 (-0.13- -0.05) | 0.87 (0.81-0.93) | 0.87 (0.77-1.03) | 0.017 | |
Age (years) | 18-40 | 0.56 (234) | ref | 1 | 1 | |
41-50 | 0.69 (233) | 0.13 (0.06-0.20) | 1.24 (1.11-1.38) | 1.17 (0.97-1.42) | 0.099 | |
51-60 | 0.68 (248) | 0.12 (0.05- 0.19) | 1.21 (1.08-1.35) | 1.11 (0.92-1.35) | 0.276 | |
61-70 | 0.73 (335) | 0.16 (0.10-0.23) | 1.29 (1.17-1.43) | 1.20 (1.00-1.44) | 0.053 | |
>70 | 0.66 (278) | 0.10 (0.04-0.17) | 1.18 (1.06-1.32) | 1.04 (0.82-1.26) | 0.711 | |
Number of chronic conditions | 0 | 0.59 (449) | ref | 1 | 1 | |
1 | 0.69 (468) | 0.10 (0.05- 0.15) | 1.16 (1.08-1.26) | 1.10 (0.96-1.27) | 0.174 | |
≥2 | 0.72 (411) | 0.13 (0.08- 0.18) | 1.22 (1.13-1.32) | 1.14 (0.97-1.33) | 0.108 | |
Type of contact | New episode | 0.73 (705) | ref | 1 | 1 | |
Follow-up | 0.60 (548) | 0.13 (0.09-0.17) | 1.22 (1.14-1.30) | 1.18 (1.05-1.33) | 0.004 | |