Information and shared decision-making are top patients' priorities

Table 3 The five most 'popular' patients' selections of combination of preferences for a change in their medical care*.

Combination selected (First → Second choice)	Number	Percent
Autonomy^# → Access	21	8
Autonomy^# → Continuity	19	7
Access → Queue	18	7
Autonomy^# → Queue	17	6
Queue → Access	16	6
Total	91	34%

* Five out of 30 possible combinations were selected by >5% of the 274 patients (% rounded to the nearest full number). Full details given under 'Methods' and [see Additional file 1].
# 'Autonomy' actually refers to "Information/autonomy" as discussed in the text.

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