Perception of quality of care of patients with potentially severe diseases evaluated at a distinct quick diagnostic delivery model: a cross-sectional study

Table 6 Multivariate regression analysis of perceived quality of care in clinical information and personal interaction subscales and recommendation across patient characteristics

Variable	Clinical information		Personal interaction		Recommendation
	B ^a	95 % CI	B ^a	95 % CI	B ^a	95 % CI
Age, years
18–44	−0.18^b	−0.47, 0.11	−0.19^b	−0.48, 0.10	−0.17^b	−0.42, 0.08
45–65 (reference)
> 65	0.19^b	−0.09, 0.46	0.24^c	−0.06, 0.53	0.23^d	−0.07, 0.53
Sex
Female	−0.02	−0.10, 0.08	0.04	−0.06, 0.15	0.12	0.02, 0.21
Male (reference)
Education
University education	−0.24^c	−0.43, −0.03	0.01	−0.15, 0.20	−0.22^d	−0.41, −0.03
Secondary/PT (reference)
Primary education	0.16	−0.04, 0.36	0.02	−0.16, 0.21	0.10	−0.09, 0.30
No schooling	0.18^b	−0.03, 0.39	0.11	−0.08, 0.31	0.17^b	−0.02, 0.33
Income, Euros
> 1800	−0.08	−0.14, 0.03	−0.06	−0.15, 0.03	−0.10	−0.2, 0.01
1201–1800 (reference)
901–1200	0.01	−0.13, 0.14	0.10	−0.05, 0.16	−0.11	−0.25, 0.12
≤ 900	0.09	−0.04, 0.22	0.10	−0.02, 0.13	0.03	−0.09, 0.16
QDU visits
≤ 2 (reference)
3	0.01	−0.34, 0.35	0.02	−0.27, 0.33	−0.01	−0.35, 0.32
≥ 4	−0.02	−0.37, 0.33	0.02	−0.32, 0.40	−0.17^b	−0.52, 0.16
Diagnosis
Malignancy	−0.20 ^b	−0.59, 0.21	−0.09	−0.48, 0.30	−0.18^b	−0.57, 0.21
Benign diseases (reference)

CI = confidence interval; PT = professional training; QDU = quick diagnosis unit.
^aAdjusted regression coefficient beta. Positive values indicate a higher mean score relative to the referent category, while negative values indicate a lower mean score compared with the reference category.
^bP < 0.05.
^cP <0.001.
^dP < 0.01

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