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Table 3 Model of Seekers Choosing Doctor/Healthcare Provider First For 2011–2014

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)

 

Healthcare Provider N (weighted %)

Other Sources N (weighted %)

Unadjusted OR (95% CI), p-value

Adjusted OR (95% CI), p-value

Gender

 Male

742 (15.25)

3005 (84.75)

–

–

 Female

1014 (14.98)

5080 (85.02)

0.98 (0.83–1.16), 0.803

0.85 (0.67–1.07), 0.156

Age

 18–45

271 (9.33)

2766 (90.67)

–

–

 46–64

675 (15.28)

3471 (84.72)

1.75 (1.42–2.17), 0.000c

1.62 (1.26–2.07), 0.000 c

 65–75

441 (25.50)

1260 (74.50)

3.33 (2.65–4.17), 0.000c

2.15 (1.55–3.00), 0.000 c

 76–99

345 (38.87)

525 (61.13)

6.18 (4.81–7.94), 0.000c

2.94 (2.08–4.17), 0.000 c

Rurality

 No

1759 (15.17)

8099 (84.83)

–

–

 Yes

39 (20.18)

127 (79.82)

1.41 (0.79–2.53), 0.243

1.31 (0.65–2.64), 0.440

Cancer history

 No

1413 (14.23)

7104 (85.77)

–

–

 Yes

364 (24.64)

1076 (75.36)

1.97 (1.66–2.34), 0.000c

1.19 (0.94–1.51), 0.149

General health

 Excellent

131 (10.74)

1006 (89.26)

–

–

 Very good

578 (13.07)

3031 (86.93)

1.25 (0.90–1.73), 0.177

1.04 (0.71–1.52), 0.851

 Good

655 (15.76)

2912 (84.24)

1.56 (1.13–2.14), 0.007b

0.95 (0.65–1.39), 0.794

 Fair

279 (20.65)

932 (79.35)

2.16 (1.50–3.13), 0.000c

0.96 (0.59–1.54), 0.854

 Poor

98 (35.98)

184 (64.02)

4.67 (2.55–8.55), 0.000c

2.22 (0.77–6.43), 0.141

Income

 Less than $20,000

466 (23.06)

1305 (76.94)

–

–

 $20,000 to $49,999

485 (16.21)

2122 (83.79)

0.65 (0.50–0.84), 0.001b

0.87 (0.62–1.22), 0.427

 $50 k or above

577 (10.68)

4019 (89.32)

0.40 (0.32–0.50), 0.000c

0.72 (0.51–1.02), 0.062

Race/Ethnicity

 White, NH

912 (13.02)

5112 (86.98)

–

–

 Black, NH

290 (17.14)

1066 (82.86)

1.38 (1.03–1.85), 0.029a

1.46 (1.01–2.11), 0.043a

 Hispanic

245 (19.97)

946 (80.03)

1.67 (1.28–2.18), 0.000c

1.26 (0.90–1.75), 0.178

 Other, NH

111 (13.49)

519 (86.51)

1.04 (0.71–1.52), 0.833

1.24 (0.76–2.02), 0.380

Education

 Less than high school

239 (35.60)

409 (64.40)

–

–

 High school graduate

431 (18.73)

1289 (81.27)

0.42 (0.30–0.57), 0.000c

0.68 (0.42–1.11), 0.123

 Some college

570 (13.85)

2465 (86.15)

0.29 (0.22–0.39), 0.000c

0.67 (0.41–1.10), 0.115

 College or above

494 (9.48)

3895 (90.52)

0.19 (0.14–0.25), 0.000c

0.50 (0.29–0.865, 0.011a

Health insurance

 No

122 (10.39)

945 (89.61)

–

–

 Yes

1638 (15.76)

7179 (84.24)

1.61 (1.17–2.21), 0.003b

1.97 (1.28–3.04), 0.002b

Veteran status

 Non-veteran

1391 (14.03)

7079 (85.97)

–

–

 Veteran

264 (19.05)

866 (80.95)

1.44 (1.15–1.82), 0.002 b

1.05 (0.77–1.44), 0.742

Internet use

 No

744 (43.71)

974 (56.29)

–

–

 Yes

1042 (10.83)

7214 (89.17)

0.16 (0.13–0.19), 0.000c

0.34 (0.25–0.46), 0.000c

Data Year

 2011

436 (13.62)

2263 (86.38)

–

–

 2012

501 (17.58)

2107 (82.42)

1.35 (1.08–1.70), 0.010a

1.22 (0.92–1.62), 0.157

 2013

408 (14.84)

1738 (85.16)

1.11 (0.88–1.38), 0.383

0.95 (0.69–1.31), 0.737

 2014

453 (14.86)

2118 (85.14)

1.11 (0.89–1.38), 0.368

1.14 (0.86–1.52), 0.358

  1. a= significant at the 0.05 level; b = significant at the 0.01 level, c = significant at the 0.001 level
  2. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, NH Non-Hispanic