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Table 3 Satisfaction, Compliance, and Perceptions of Physicians among Chinese and Whites who have Visited General Practitioners or Specialists

From: Chinese and white Canadian satisfaction and compliance with physicians

 

General Practitioner Visits

  

Specialist Visits

  

Variables

Chinese N (% of 746)

White N (% of 711)

P-Value*

Adjusted OR (95% CI)#Chinese vs. White

Chinese N (% of 485)

White N (% of 637)

P-Value*

Adjusted OR (95% CI)#Chinese vs. White

Satisfied with physician care

550 (73.7)

660 (92.8)

< 0.001

0.70 (0.42–1.18)

366 (75.5)

545 (85.6)

< 0.001

0.77 (0.48–1.23)

Definitely trust physician enough to always follow physician advice

443 (59.4)

424 (59.6)

0.922

1.02 (0.69–1.50)

326 (67.2)

400 (62.8)

0.125

1.26 (0.82–1.94)

Definitely felt physician had adequate experience

330 (44.2)

586 (82.4)

< 0.001

0.40 (0.27–0.60)

285 (58.8)

538 (84.5)

< 0.001

0.49 (0.31–0.77)

Definitely felt enough time was spent with physician

252 (33.8)

524 (73.7)

< 0.001

0.38 (0.26–0.56)

212 (43.7)

404 (63.4)

< 0.001

0.66 (0.44–1.00)

Definitely felt comfortable asking physician questions

549 (73.6)

637 (89.6)

< 0.001

0.53 (0.34–0.82)

343 (70.7)

494 (77.6)

0.009

1.02 (0.65–1.60)

Definitely understood physician explanations and advice

567 (76.0)

667 (93.8)

< 0.001

0.67 (0.38–1.19)

278 (57.3)

516 (81.0)

< 0.001

0.74 (0.45–1.20)

Definitely felt physician Listened carefully

473 (63.4)

585 (82.3)

< 0.001

0.53 (0.35–0.82)

289 (59.6)

456 (71.6)

< 0.001

0.80 (0.52–1.22)

  1. Note:
  2. * P-value is crude without risk adjustment
  3. # OR: Odds Ratio
  4. 95%CI: 95% Confidence Interval
  5. Age, gender, education, marital status, income, language, birthplace, and number of chronic conditions were adjusted for calculation of adjusted odds ratio