Table 5 Results of the hierarchical linear regression models on perceived adequacy of information

Intercept

0.02 (0.738)

0.19 (0.094)

Patient characteristics

Stages II-IV (vs. 0-I)

−0.00 (0.991)

−0.00 (0.941)

Mastectomy (vs. bct)

0.02 (0.776)

0.02 (0.748)

Age groups (ref. 61 to 70)

≤40

−0.03 (0.871)

−0.02 (0.891)

41 to 50

−0.01 (0.912)

−0.01 (0.903)

51 to 60

0.02 (0.827)

0.01 (0.874)

≥71

−0.08 (0.400)

−0.09 (0.355)

Health literacy

0.15 (<0.001)***

0.15 (<0.001)***

Hospital characteristics

Teaching

−0.21 (0.069)

Patient volume

−0.00 (0.084)

Ownership (ref. public)

Charitable

0.01 (0.942)

For-profit

0.13 (0.223)

HLHO-10

0.08 (0.032)*

0.09 (0.031)*

Variance components for random effects:

Between-hospital variance (τ₀₀): SD

.04; .19***

.04; .19**

Degrees of freedom

49

45

Chi-square

91.66

80.14

ICC (FUM: .040)

.038

.037