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. 2006 Oct;21(10):1105–1108. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00517.x

Table 2.

Predictors of Perfect Scores for Primary Care Domains and Excellent Satisfaction

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Factor Patient Preference for Provider Interpersonal Communication Accumulated Knowledge Coordination of Care Excellent Satisfaction
Demographics and health status
 Race
  White (referent group)
  Black 0.7 (0.4, 1.3) 0.7 (0.5, 1.1) 1.9 (0.8, 4.4) 0.7 (0.3, 1.2) 0.7 (0.4, 1.1)
  Other 0.5 (0.1, 2.1) 0.7 (0.4, 1.4) 0.9 (0.2, 4.9) 0.9 (0.5, 1.6) 1.0 (0.6, 1.6)
 Ethnicity, Hispanic 0.5 (0.1, 1.6) 0.8 (0.2, 3.1) * 1.3 (0.3, 5.0) 0.5 (0.2, 1.5)
 Age (y)
  40 to 64 1.7 (0.8, 3.7) 1.4 (1.0, 2.1) 1.0 (0.4, 3.0) 2.0 (1.2, 3.3) 1.4 (0.9, 2.1)
  65+ 1.9 (0.9, 4.0) 1.3 (1.0, 1.8) 1.1 (0.4, 3.0) 2.5 (1.5, 4.3) 1.5 (0.9, 2.5)
 Married 1.0 (0.6, 1.4) 1.1 (0.8, 1.5) 1.5 (0.7, 3.0) 1.2 (0.9, 1.6) 0.9 (0.6, 1.2)
 Education
  Some college or technical training 0.9 (0.7, 1.3) 0.7 (0.5, 0.8) 0.7 (0.4, 1.3) 0.7 (0.5, 1.1) 0.6 (0.5, 0.7)
  College graduate 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 1.0 (0.6, 1.7) 0.5 (0.3, 0.8) 0.5 (0.4, 0.7)
 Income > $20,000 1.1 (0.7, 1.7) 0.8 (0.6, 1.2) 1.0 (0.6, 1.8) 0.9 (0.6, 1.3) 1.2 (0.9, 1.7)
 Overall health status, very good/excellent 1.2 (0.9, 1.7) 1.3 (0.9, 1.8) 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) 1.0 (0.6, 1.5) 1.8 (1.4, 2.2)
 VA service connection 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 0.9 (0.7, 1.1) 0.7 (0.5, 1.1) 0.8 (0.5, 1.2) 0.9 (0.7, 1.1)
Health care experiences
 Female VA regular provider 1.2 (0.8, 1.9) 1.9 (1.4, 2.6) 1.3 (0.5, 3.5) 1.5 (0.9, 2.6) 1.0 (0.7, 1.5)
 VA regular provider covers   gynecological care 2.0 (1.3, 3.1) 1.3 (0.9, 1.8) 1.2 (0.7, 2.1) 1.1 (0.7, 2.0) 1.6 (1.2, 2.3)
*

Hispanic was dropped from the model and the few observations were not used.

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; VA, Department of Veterans Affairs. The OR includes adjustment for all covariates and clustering at the site level.