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Table 6 Adjusted associations between patients’ overall satisfaction towards the primary care physicians (PCPs) and their practices, and PCPs’ and patients’ characteristics using conditional logistic regression

From: What are patients’ expectations about the organization of their primary care physicians’ practices?

Characteristics

OR

95 % CI

p-value

PCPs’ characteristics

   

 Women

0.8

0.2-2.6

0.71

 Age

1.0

0.9-1.2

0.82

 No certification

0.2

0.1-0.6

0.003

 Urban medical office (>15,000 people)

0.8

0.3-1.9

0.56

 Number of doctors practising in the medical office

   

  1

1.0 (ref.)

  

  2

1.2

0.4-3.3

0.77

   ≥ 3

1.0

0.3-3.4

0.98

 Number of employees in the medical office

   

  1

1.0 (ref.)

  

  2

1.1

0.3-4.8

0.91

   ≥ 3

2.7

1.0-7.3

0.05

 Number of days worked per week

1.2

0.3-4.7

0.78

 Number of working-years since certification

1.0

0.9-1.1

0.88

Patients’ characteristics

   

 Men

1.0

0.5-1.9

0.95

 Age group

   

   < 25 years

2.3

1.0-5.1

0.05

  25 – 65 years

1.0 (ref.)

  

   > 65 years

1.3

0.2-9.4

0.81

 Marital status

   

  Single

1.1

0.6-2.1

0.75

  Married

1.0 (ref.)

  

  Divorced or separated

0.7

0.3-1.8

0.42

  Widowed

1.2

0.3-5.9

0.81

 Nationality

   

  Swiss

1.0 (ref.)

  

  Italian

0.8

0.3-2.8

0.76

  French

1.8

0.3-9.7

0.51

  Portuguese

0.6

0.2-2.0

0.42

  Espagnol

1.2

0.2-6.8

0.87

 Completed training

   

  No training

1.6

0.5-5.6

0.48

  Compulsory schooling

0.5

0.1-1.5

0.21

  Apprenticeship

1.0 (ref.)

  

  Baccalaureate or diploma from intermediate school

0.7

0.3-2.0

0.52

  University, FITa, UASa

1.0

0.3-3.0

0.97

 Work status

   

  Student

0.4

0.2-1.0

0.05

  Occupational activity

1.0 (ref.)

  

  Retired

2.7

0.2-30.9

0.44

  Recipient of unemployment insurance

1.2

0.5-3.0

0.65

  Recipient of invalidity insurance

1.5

0.5-4.3

0.50

 Excellent or very good general health status

1.6

0.8-3.3

0.17

  1. aFIT = Federal Institute of Technology, UAS = University of Applied Sciences