Table 4 Factors Associated with Satisfaction, Compliance, and Perceptions of Physicians among Chinese who Visited General Practitioners or Specialists
From: Chinese and white Canadian satisfaction and compliance with physicians
Variables | Satisfaction OR (95%CI)* | Compliance OR (95%CI)* | Experience OR (95% CI)* | Time OR (95%CI)* | Questions OR (95%CI)* | Clarity OR (95%CI)* | Attentiveness OR (95%CI)* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chinese Patients who Visited General Practitioners (n = 746) | |||||||
Language | |||||||
English | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Chinese or Other | 0.5 (0.3–0.9) | 1.2 (0.8–1.7) | 0.7 (0.4–1.0) | 1.0 (0.7–1.6) | 0.8 (0.5–1.3) | 0.7 (0.4–1.2) | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) |
Length of Stay in Canada | |||||||
Born in Canada | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
1 – 9 years | 0.2 (0.1–0.7) | 1.1 (0.5–2.1) | 0.3 (0.2–0.7) | 0.2 (0.1–0.5) | 0.4 (0.2–1.0) | 0.3 (0.1–0.9) | 0.5 (0.3–1.1) |
10 or more years | 0.5 (0.1–1.7) | 1.4 (0.7–2.7) | 0.8 (0.4–1.6) | 0.6 (0.3–1.1) | 0.7 (0.3–1.6) | 0.7 (0.2–1.9) | 0.7 (0.4–1.5) |
Chinese Patients who Visited Specialists (n = 485) | |||||||
Language | |||||||
English | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Chinese or Other | 0.7 (0.4–1.2) | 1.5 (0.9–2.5) | 1.0 (0.6–1.7) | 0.6 (0.4–1.0) | 0.6 (0.4–1.1) | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) | 0.8 (0.5–1.3) |
Length of Stay in Canada | |||||||
Born in Canada | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
1 – 9 years | 0.5 (0.1–1.6) | 0.3 (0.1–0.8) | 0.2 (0.1–0.6) | 0.4 (0.2–1.0) | 0.7 (0.2–1.9) | 1.0 (0.4–2.6) | 0.6 (0.2–1.5) |
10 or more years | 0.5 (0.2–1.8) | 0.5 (0.2–1.3) | 0.3 (0.1–0.9) | 0.5 (0.2–1.2) | 0.7 (0.3–2.0) | 1.4 (0.5–3.7) | 0.5 (0.2–1.3) |