From: Chinese and white Canadian satisfaction and compliance with physicians
General Practitioner Visits | Specialist Visits | |||||
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Variables | Chinese N (% of 746) | White N (% of 711) | P-Value | Chinese N (% of 485) | White N (% of 637) | P-Value |
Satisfied with physician care | ||||||
Very Satisfied | 158 (21.2) | 420 (59.1) | 0.0001 | 140 (28.9) | 364 (57.1) | 0.0001 |
Satisfied | 392 (52.5) | 240 (33.8) | 226 (46.6) | 181 (28.4) | ||
Neither | 153 (20.5) | 30 (4.2) | 89 (18.4) | 33 (5.2) | ||
Dissatisfied | 33 (4.4) | 17 (2.4) | 20 (4.1) | 25 (3.9) | ||
Very Dissatisfied | 5 (0.7) | 2 (0.3) | 7 (1.4) | 23 (3.6) | ||
Unsure | 5 (0.7) | 2 (0.3) | 3 (0.6) | 11 (1.7) | ||
Definitely trust physician enough to always follow physician advice | ||||||
Yes Definitely | 443 (59.4) | 424 (59.6) | 0.606 | 326 (67.2) | 400 (62.8) | 0.003 |
Yes, to some extent | 267 (35.8) | 242 (34) | 131 (27) | 158 (24.8) | ||
No | 29 (3.9) | 37 (5.2) | 21 (4.3) | 62 (9.7) | ||
Unsure | 7 (0.9) | 8 (1.1) | 7 (1.4) | 17 (2.7) | ||
Definitely felt physician had adequate experience | ||||||
Yes Definitely | 330 (44.2) | 586 (82.4) | 0.0001 | 285 (58.8) | 538 (84.5) | 0.0001 |
Yes, to some extent | 361 (48.4) | 103 (14.5) | 153 (31.5) | 67 (10.5) | ||
No | 41 (5.5) | 12 (1.7) | 28 (5.8) | 19 (3) | ||
Unsure | 14 (1.9) | 10 (1.4) | 19 (3.9) | 13 (2) | ||
Definitely felt enough time was spent with physician | ||||||
Yes Definitely | 252 (33.8) | 524 (73.7) | 0.0001 | 212 (43.7) | 404 (63.4) | 0.0001 |
Yes, to some extent | 335 (44.9) | 132 (18.6) | 187 (38.6) | 155 (24.3) | ||
No | 149 (20) | 52 (7.3) | 81 (16.7) | 68 (10.7) | ||
Unsure | 10 (1.3) | 3 (0.4) | 5 (1) | 10 (1.6) | ||
Definitely felt comfortable asking physician questons | ||||||
Yes Definitely | 549 (73.6) | 637 (89.6) | 0.0001 | 343 (70.7) | 494 (77.6) | 0.001 |
Yes, to some extent | 173 (23.2) | 61 (8.6) | 108 (22.3) | 85 (13.3) | ||
No | 19 (2.5) | 13 (1.8) | 26 (5.4) | 49 (7.7) | ||
Unsure | 4 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 8 (1.6) | 9 (1.4) | ||
Definitely understood physician explanation and advice | ||||||
Yes Definitely | 567 (76) | 667 (93.8) | 0.0001 | 278 (57.3) | 516 (81) | 0.0001 |
Yes, to some extent | 156 (20.9) | 41 (5.8) | 157 (32.4) | 99 (15.5) | ||
No | 18 (2.4) | 2 (0.3) | 49 (10.1) | 16 (2.5) | ||
Unsure | 5 (0.7) | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) | 6 (0.9) | ||
Definitely felt physician listened carefully | ||||||
Yes Definitely | 473 (63.4) | 585 (82.3) | 0.0001 | 289 (59.6) | 456 (71.6) | 0.0001 |
Yes, to some extent | 238 (31.9) | 112 (15.8) | 167 (34.4) | 121 (19) | ||
No | 31 (4.2) | 14 (2) | 21 (4.3) | 50 (7.8) | ||
Unsure | 4 (0.5) | 0 (0) | 8 (1.6) | 10 (1.6) |