Table 2.
Predictors of Changing Physicians and Seeking Legal Advice
| Would Probably Change Physicians | Would Probably Seek Legal Advice | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agreement* (%) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | Agreement* (%) | Odds Ratio (95% CI) | |
| Missed allergy error | ||||
| Full disclosure | 19.1 | 1 (reference) | 3.8 | 1 (reference) |
| Nondisclosure | 46.7 | 3.70 (1.86,7.35) | 10.9 | 3.12 (1.11,8.75) |
| No mention of costs | 27.0 | 1 (reference) | 4.2 | 1 (reference) |
| Offer to waive costs | 36.9 | 1.53 (0.80,2.94) | 9.8 | 2.49 (0.94,6.61) |
| Less serious outcome | 20.0 | 1 (reference) | 2.4 | 1 (reference) |
| Life threatening outcome | 45.5 | 3.33 (1.71,6.47) | 16.3 | 7.87 (2.39,25.9) |
| Monitoring error | ||||
| Full disclosure | 44.5 | 1 (reference) | 21.8 | 1 (reference) |
| Nondisclosure | 64.7 | 2.29 (1.25,4.21) | 21.4 | 0.98 (0.49,1.96) |
| No mention of prior relationship | 58.9 | 1 (reference) | 23.4 | 1 (reference) |
| Positive prior relationship | 50.3 | 0.70 (0.38,1.29) | 19.9 | 0.81 (0.41,1.62) |
| Less serious outcome | 43.8 | 1 (reference) | 12.7 | 1 (reference) |
| Life threatening outcome | 65.6 | 2.45 (1.33,4.52) | 35.0 | 3.68 (1.79,7.59) |
*
Adjusted for current relationship with provider, gender, race/ethnicity, and age.
Older subjects were less likely to seek legal advice (OR 0.19; 95% CI 0.05, 0.78; P = 0.02) in the missed allergy error condition.
Older subjects were less likely to change doctors (OR 0.46; 95% CI 0.23, 0.92; P = 0.03) or seek legal advice (OR 0.40, 95% CI 0.17,0.89; P = 0.04) in the monitoring error condition.
CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.