Table 3.
Satisfaction, Compliance, and Perceptions of Physicians among Chinese and Whites who have Visited General Practitioners or Specialists
| General Practitioner Visits | Specialist Visits | |||||||
| Variables | Chinese N (% of 746) | White N (% of 711) | P-Value* | Adjusted OR (95% CI)#Chinese vs. White | Chinese N (% of 485) | White N (% of 637) | P-Value* | Adjusted OR (95% CI)#Chinese vs. White |
| Satisfied with physician care | 550 (73.7) | 660 (92.8) | < 0.001 | 0.70 (0.42–1.18) | 366 (75.5) | 545 (85.6) | < 0.001 | 0.77 (0.48–1.23) |
| Definitely trust physician enough to always follow physician advice | 443 (59.4) | 424 (59.6) | 0.922 | 1.02 (0.69–1.50) | 326 (67.2) | 400 (62.8) | 0.125 | 1.26 (0.82–1.94) |
| Definitely felt physician had adequate experience | 330 (44.2) | 586 (82.4) | < 0.001 | 0.40 (0.27–0.60) | 285 (58.8) | 538 (84.5) | < 0.001 | 0.49 (0.31–0.77) |
| Definitely felt enough time was spent with physician | 252 (33.8) | 524 (73.7) | < 0.001 | 0.38 (0.26–0.56) | 212 (43.7) | 404 (63.4) | < 0.001 | 0.66 (0.44–1.00) |
| Definitely felt comfortable asking physician questions | 549 (73.6) | 637 (89.6) | < 0.001 | 0.53 (0.34–0.82) | 343 (70.7) | 494 (77.6) | 0.009 | 1.02 (0.65–1.60) |
| Definitely understood physician explanations and advice | 567 (76.0) | 667 (93.8) | < 0.001 | 0.67 (0.38–1.19) | 278 (57.3) | 516 (81.0) | < 0.001 | 0.74 (0.45–1.20) |
| Definitely felt physician Listened carefully | 473 (63.4) | 585 (82.3) | < 0.001 | 0.53 (0.35–0.82) | 289 (59.6) | 456 (71.6) | < 0.001 | 0.80 (0.52–1.22) |
Note:
* P-value is crude without risk adjustment
# OR: Odds Ratio
95%CI: 95% Confidence Interval
Age, gender, education, marital status, income, language, birthplace, and number of chronic conditions were adjusted for calculation of adjusted odds ratio