Table 5.
Predicted Probabilities (%) of Men's Satisfaction, Overall Rating, and Trust of the Physician by Physician Gender*
Satisfaction with Interpersonal Aspects of Physician Care | |||||||||||||||||
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Friendly | Time | Respect | Concern | Comfort | Overall Rating of Physician | Trust of Physician | |||||||||||
Rating | F† | M‡ | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | Rating | F | M |
Excellent | 46 | 48 | 29 | 35 | 49 | 40 | 34 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 36 | 38 | Completely | 56 | 56 | ||
Very good | 22 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 18 | 18 | Mostly | 18 | 18 | ||
Good | 26 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 29 | 28 | Somewhat | 15 | 15 | ||
Fair/poor | 6 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 16 | A little/ not at all | 11 | 11 |
Men's satisfaction with male and female physicians was not significantly different at P ≤ .05 for any of the 7 satisfaction measures.
Predicted probability for female physician.
Predicted probability for male physician.