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Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of the patients

From: Doctor's perception of doctor-patient relationships in emergency departments: What roles do gender and ethnicity play?

 

Internal Medicine

Gynaecology

 

GW

(n = 856)

TW

(n = 698)

GM

(n = 273)

TM

(n = 282)

p1)

GW

(n = 195)

TW

(n = 125)

p1)

Age groups (%)

    

***

  

**

   15 to 29 years

19.3

39.9

11.0

25.2

 

46.2

61.6

 

   30 to 49 years

21.8

31.9

31.9

44.7

 

39.5

32.8

 

   50 to 64 years

17.5

23.1

24.5

20.9

 

6.7

5.6

 

   ≥ 65 years

41.2

4.8

32.5

9.2

 

6.2

0

 

Health insurance (%)

    

***

  

n.s.

   Compulsory health insurance

93.1

90.5

84.2

89.0

 

92.8

92.8

 

   Private health insurance

2.1

1.5

5.2

1.4

 

2.6

3.2

 

   Coverage through welfare

3.6

7.0

9.2

7.1

 

2.1

3.2

 

   Other

1.2

1.1

1.4

2.5

 

2.6

0.8

 
  1. GW = German women, GM = German men, TW = Turkish women, TM = Turkish men; 1)Kruskal-Wallis test: ** p ≤ 0.01. *** p ≤ 0.001, n.s.: non-significant