Table 2.

Proportion of Women^* with High Levels of Trust, Compassion, and Communication According to their Primary Care Characteristics

	Elements of the Patient-physician Relationship (P = .001)†
Primary Care Characteristic	Trust, %	Compassion, %	Communication, %
Continuity of visits with the same clinician*
Has primary care site, but no regular doctor (n = 149)	49	28	36
Has site and regular doctor, but only sees regular doctor for some visits (n = 391)	68	43	46
Has Site and Regular Doctor; sees the regular doctor for most visits (n = 631)	82	54	62
Duration of relationship with clinician
<6 mo (n = 71)	57	35	37
6 to 24 mo (n = 273)	67	41	48
>24 mo (n = 826)	77	50	57
Organizational accessibility
Low (n = 497)	55	21	26
Mid (n = 340)	81	49	61
High (n = 334)	92	84	88
Comprehensiveness of services (all needs met by provider)
Low (n = 130)	25	8	10
Mid (n = 461)	64	25	32
High (n = 575)	92	73	80
Coordination of specialty care by the regular clinician‡
Low (n = 133)	37	24	29
Mid (n = 354)	73	38	43
High (n = 266)	94	80	88

^*N = 1,171 includes only women with at least a usual site of care.

^†All associations presented were significant at P = .001 across the levels of the primary care characteristics.

^‡n = 754 because this only includes women who first answered yes to the item, “Has your regular doctor ever recommended that you see a specialist for a specific health problem?”