Table 2.

Perception of choice by referral method

Question		Categories	Choose & Book (n = 47)	Partial Booking (n = 57)	TOTAL	Test comparing groups (excluding missing data)
"Do you consider that you were given any choice over your appointment?"		Yes	30	23	53	Fisher's exact p = 0.015 (no and unsure combined)
		No	13	31	44
		Unsure	2	3	5
		missing	2	0	2
"Were you given a choice of the following?"	Hospital	Yes	32	11	43	Fisher's exact p < 0.001
		No	15	46	61
	Appointment Date	Yes	16	17	33	Fisher's exact p = 0.7
		No	31	40	71
	Time of Appointment	Yes	16	14	30	Fisher's exact p = 0.4
		No	31	43	74
Number of hospitals offered		1 – no choice	15	47	62	Mann-Whitney z = 5.3, p < 0.001
		2	16	7	23
		3	6	1	7
		4	6	0	6
		Can't remember	4	0	4
		missing	0	2	2