Odds of talking to healthcare providers as the initial source of healthcare information: updated cross-sectional results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

Swoboda, Christine M.; Van Hulle, Joseph M.; McAlearney, Ann Scheck; Huerta, Timothy R.

doi:10.1186/s12875-018-0805-7

Table 2 Characteristics of Respondents Choosing Doctor/Healthcare Provider as First Source of Health Information

From: Odds of talking to healthcare providers as the initial source of healthcare information: updated cross-sectional results from the Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS)

	Data Years 2011–2012 (n = 937)			Data Years 2011–2014 (n = 1789)
	N	Weighted %	95% CI	N	Weighted %	95% CI
Gender
Male	385	43.16	38.56–47.88	742	45.42	41.98–48.91
Female	531	53.81	48.90–58.64	1014	51.95	48.36–55.53
Missing	21	3.03	1.26–7.13	42	2.63	1.48–4.63
Age
18–45	150	28.62	24.00–33.74	271	29.20	25.50–33.21
46–64	347	34.66	30.46–39.11	675	34.03	31.09–37.11
65–75	241	18.14	15.47–21.16	441	16.49	14.69–18.47
76–99	179	14.71	12.44–17.30	345	15.08	13.26–17.09
Missing	20	3.87	1.30–10.92	66	5.19	3.18–8.36
Rurality
Yes	21	2.32	1.37–3.91	39	2.34	1.47–3.69
No	916	97.68	96.09–98.63	1759	97.66	96.31–98.53
Missing	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cancer history
Yes	186	13.50	11.36–15.96	364	13.45	11.87–15.20
No	746	86.12	83.67–88.25	1413	84.98	83.01–86.75
Missing	5	0.39	0.14–1.05	21	1.58	0.78–3.15
General health
Excellent	71	8.71	6.00–12.46	131	8.52	6.62–10.90
Very good	302	31.08	26.58–35.96	578	32.06	28.84–35.46
Good	347	34.63	30.25–39.27	655	36.73	33.29–40.32
Fair	141	16.47	12.83–20.90	279	14.78	12.29–17.66
Poor	52	6.48	3.58–11.45	98	5.04	3.34–7.53
Missing	24	2.64	1.60–4.33	57	2.88	2.02–4.08
Income
Less than $20,000	234	26.40	21.31–32.21	466	25.56	22.13–29.32
$20,000 to $49,999	258	27.10	22.54–32.21	485	26.57	23.31–30.11
$50 k or above	311	34.14	29.91–38.65	577	34.25	31.15–37.49
Missing	134	12.35	9.31–16.21	270	13.63	11.46–16.13
Race/Ethnicity
White, NH	532	58.93	53.77–63.90	912	56.04	52.30–59.71
Black, NH	143	9.18	7.13–11.73	290	10.64	8.58–13.14
Hispanic	111	16.36	12.42–21.25	245	15.31	12.56–18.53
Other, NH	63	6.74	4.44–10.10	111	5.63	4.12–7.63
Missing	88	8.80	6.48–11.83	240	12.39	10.14–15.05
Education
Less than high school	118	23.11	17.99–29.16	239	20.42	17.14–24.15
High school graduate	240	23.01	19.23–27.27	431	21.77	19.07–24.73
Some college	292	31.83	27.26–36.79	570	31.00	27.57–34.65
College or above	266	20.39	17.46–23.66	494	23.23	20.61–26.08
Missing	21	1.67	0.97–2.86	64	3.57	2.52–5.04
Health insurance
Yes	855	86.04	80.79–90.02	1638	87.10	83.88–89.76
No	65	10.74	7.54–15.08	122	9.76	7.53–12.57
Missing	17	3.22	1.10–9.11	38	3.13	1.68–5.77
Veteran status
Veteran	139	11.45	9.04–14.39	264	11.52	9.68–13.67
Non-veteran	735	80.64	76.31–84.34	1391	80.30	77.24–83.03
Missing	63	7.91	5.27–11.72	143	8.18	6.24–10.64
Internet use
Yes	550	61.81	56.45–66.90	1042	61.36	57.74–64.85
No	386	38.17	33.07–43.53	744	37.97	34.54–41.52
Missing	1	0.03	0.00–0.19	12	0.67	0.24–1.91
Access to Internet
Telephone line	52	5.10	3.15–8.14	93	4.70	3.40–6.46
Broadband	359	37.47	32.29–42.96	645	38.52	34.84–42.34
Cellular network	166	22.29	17.49–27.95	370	25.37	21.81–29.29
Wireless network	274	31.30	26.59–36.43	565	35.61	31.90–39.49
Missing	12	5.12	1.58–15.31	27	3.77	1.62–8.50
Data Year
2011	436	42.15	37.45–47.01	436	21.91	19.36–24.68
2012	501	57.85	52.99–62.55	501	30.06	26.64–33.72
2013	–	–	–	408	23.11	20.15–26.35
2014	–	–	–	453	24.92	21.87–28.25

CI Confidence Interval, NH Non-Hispanic

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