Table 3 Logistic regression results for difficulty getting an appointment (n = 1649)
From: Associations between primary care practice type and patient-reported access
Variable | Univariate analyses | Multivariate final models | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Without linguistic area | Including linguistic area | |||||
Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p-value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p-value | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | p-value | |
Practice comprehensiveness of services score | ||||||
Increased score | 1.10 (0.95–1.27) | 0.20 | 1.10 (0.95–1.27) | 0.18 | 1.00 (0.86–1.18) | 0.96 |
Patient sex | ||||||
Male | 1.39 (0.67–2.86) | 0.38 | ||||
Patient age | ||||||
Increased age (years) | 1.00 (0.99–1.03) | 0.48 | ||||
Patient born in Switzerland | ||||||
Born outside Switzerland | 1.51 (0.71–3.24) | 0.29 | ||||
Patient employed or retired | ||||||
Unemployed or problem working | 0.41 (0.05–3.10) | 0.38 | ||||
Patient has not completed secondary education | ||||||
Secondary | 0.59 (0.26–1.37) | 0.22 | 0.57 (0.25–1.31) | 0.18 | 0.57 (0.25–1.31) | 0.19 |
Post-secondary or more | 0.34 (0.12–1.00) | 0.05 | 0.34 (0.11–0.98) | 0.05 | 0.38 (0.13–1.10) | 0.08 |
Patient suffers from a chronic disease | ||||||
No | 0.67 (0.33–1.37) | 0.27 | ||||
Speaks the official language fluently | ||||||
Sufficiently well | 0.71 (0.15–3.34) | 0.67 | ||||
Moderately well | 0.96 (0.15–6.06) | 0.97 | ||||
Poorly | – | – | ||||
Not at all | – | – | ||||
Income lower than country average | ||||||
Average | 0.82 (0.29–2.31) | 0.71 | ||||
Above average | 0.43 (1.00–1.95) | 0.28 | ||||
General health status is very good | ||||||
Good | 1.15 (0.44–3.04) | 0.78 | ||||
Fair | 0.79 (0.25–2.50) | 0.69 | ||||
Poor | – | – | ||||
Reason for visit was acute illness | ||||||
Other reason | 0.58 (0.28–1.17) | 0.13 | ||||
Visit was with patient’s own doctor | ||||||
Not with patient own doctor | 2.15 (0.78–5.85) | 0.14 | ||||
Linguistic area -German speaking | ||||||
French speaking | 0.27 (0.08–0.85) | 0.03 | 2.28 (0.08–1.07) | 0.06 | ||
Italian speaking | 0.36 (0.07–1.82 | 0.22 | 0.442 (0.09–2.26) | 0.33 | ||
Urban area | ||||||
Rural area | 1.06 (0.44–2.56) | 0.89 | ||||