Social inequalities in patient experiences with general practice and in access to specialists: the population-based HUNT Study

Table 5 Educational inequity in the predicted number of specialist visits before and after adjusting for survey responses

			Not adjusting for the given survey response		Adjusting for the given survey response
		%	RII^b	CI 95%	RII^b	CI 95%
1	My experience with the regular GP has been poor (0–5 / 10 on VAS scale)	12	0.62	(0.57-0.67)	0.62	(0.57-0.67)	6067
2	My regular GP has poor understanding of my problems	6	0.62	(0.57-0.67)	0.62	(0.57-0.68)	6067
3	My regular GP does not let me participate in decisions about treatment or choice of medical care	11	0.62	(0.57-0.67)	0.62	(0.57-0.68)	6067
4	My regular GP does not take me seriously	4	0.62	(0.57-0.67)	0.62	(0.57-0.67)	6067
5	My usual doctor is not my regular GP	5	0.62	(0.57-0.67)	0.62	(0.57-0.67)	6067
6	I changed or wanted to change my regular GP	19	0.62	(0.57-0.67)	0.63	(0.58-0.68)	6067
7	I have had problems understanding my GP due to language problems	11	0.62	(0.57-0.67)	0.61	(0.56-0.66)	6067
8	I have not received the help I asked for from my regular GP in last 12 months	7	0.64	(0.59-0.70)	0.64	(0.59-0.70)	4924^a
9	It has been difficult to get a referral to a specialist	16	0.66	(0.61-0.72)	0.67	(0.61-0.73)	4165^a

^a These analyses included only those who reported that this question was relevant to them.
^b Education-related relative index of inequality calculated using Poisson regression with robust error variance. All estimates were adjusted for age, self-reported health, sex, municipality size and hospitalization within past year.
Men and women aged 20 years and above. The HUNT Study, 2006–08.

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