Table 5.

Univariate and Multivariable Analyses of Unwillingness to Return, Subgroups

Variable	RR*	OR†	95% CI‡
Patients prescribed medications at last visit
MD did not explain purpose of medications	5.4	4.9	1.8 to 13.6
Patients undergoing tests at last visit
Physician did not explain purpose of test	4.6	2.0	0.46 to 9.0
Physician did not inform patient how to obtain results	2.2	0.88	0.27 to 2.8
Physician did not explain results	2.2	1.9	0.75 to 4.9
Patients with specialist visit in past 12 months
Patient did not see specialist when needed	2.0	1.9	0.57 to 6.4

^*RR, univariate relative risk, χ²; P = .001 for all comparisons.

^†OR, odds ratio, generalized estimating equation. The model adjusts for demographics, health status, health care utilization, satisfaction with physician's technical skill, site of care and clustering of patients by provider.

^‡CI, confidence interval, Wald χ².