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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2025 Feb 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Patient Saf. 2024 Sep 17;20(8):556–563. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001283

TABLE 2.

Associations Between Survey Responses and Patient-Perceived Diagnostic Breakdowns

Questions
Full Sample (N = 2525)
Diagnostic Breakdown
No Diagnostic Breakdown
Access Domain n(%) n (%) n (%) P

Scheduling appointments
 Low (0–50) 541 (22.0) 155 (26.0) 386 (20.7) 0.006*
 High (51–100) 1921 (78.0) 441 (74.0) 1480 (79.3)
Receiving return phone calls
 Low (0–50) 637 (27.8) 222 (39.8) 415 (23.9) <0.001*
 High (51–100) 1655 (72.2) 336 (60.2) 1319 (76.1)
Contacting practice
 Low (0–50) 852 (35.4) 233 (40.2) 619 (33.9) 0.006*
 High (51–100) 1555 (64.6) 347 (59.8) 1208 (66.1)
Care provider domain
Provider show of concern
 Low (0–50) 253 (10.4) 171 (29.3) 82 (4.4) <0.001*
 High (51–100) 2184 (89.6) 413 (70.7) 1771 (95.6)
Provider explanations
 Low (0–50) 287 (11.9) 195 (33.6) 92 (5.0) <0.001*
 High (51–100) 2131 (88.1) 385 (66.4) 1746 (95.0)
Provider shared decision making
 Low (0–50) 272 (11.4) 181 (32.0) 91 (5.0) <0.001*
 High (51–100) 2,113 (88.6) 385 (68.0) 1,728 (95.0)
Provider treatment discussion
 Low (0–50) 305 (12.9) 204 (35.8) 101 (5.6) <0.001*
 High (51–100) 2064 (87.1) 366 (64.2) 1698 (94.4)
Provider listening skills
 Low (0–50) 269 (11.1) 188 (32.5) 81 (4.4) <0.001*
 High (51–100) 2155 (88.9) 391 (67.5) 1764 (95.6)
Recommendation of provider
 Low (0–50) 348 (14.4) 222 (38.2) 126 (6.9) <0.001*
 High (51–100) 2065 (85.6) 359 (61.8) 1706 (93.1)
Personal issues domain
Treatment with respect/compassion
 Low (0–50) 245 (10.8) 119 (21.7) 126 (7.3) <0.001*
 High (51–100) 2035 (89.3) 429 (78.3) 1606 (92.7)
Practice-related domain
Staff teamwork
 Low (0–50) 356 (15.8) 174 (32.3) 182 (10.7) <0.001*
 High (51–100) 1892 (84.2) 365 (67.7) 1527 (89.4)
Recommendation of practice
 Low (0–50) 579 (24.6) 253 (44.4) 326 (18.3) <0.001*
 High (51–100) 1774 (75.4) 317 (55.6) 1457 (81.7)
*

Significant after Benjamini-Hochberg correction to control false discovery rate.