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. 2011 Jul 25;10:44. doi: 10.1186/1476-072X-10-44

Table 2.

Results of the GLM analyses of dissatisfaction over access to doctors/GP (Models 1 to 4) and hospitals (Models 5 to 9)-for each set of models, the best AIC value is highlighted in bold.

Analysis Model Variable Odds
ratio
Lower
95% CI
Upper
95% CI
AIC
Access to GP surgeries Model 1 Long Term Illness 2.27 1.86 2.76 3257.9

Model 2 Long Term Illness 2.00 1.62 2.46 3242.9

Bad Health 2.10 1.49 2.90

Model 3 Long Term Illness 2.07 1.68 2.56 3181.1

Bad Health 2.10 1.49 2.92

Geographic Distance (to nearest GP) 1.29 1.22 1.36

Model 4 Long Term Illness 1.80 1.45 2.24 3049.5

Bad Health 1.69 1.18 2.37

Geographic Distance (to nearest GP) 1.34 1.27 1.42

Non-Car Ownership 3.81 3.06 4.72

Access to Hospitals Model 5 Long Term Illness 1.42 1.27 1.58 8549.2

Model 6 Long Term Illness 1.32 1.18 1.48 8535.5

Bad Health 1.61 1.28 2.02

Model 7 Long Term Illness 1.32 1.18 1.48 8537.5

Bad Health 1.61 1.28 2.02

Geographic Distance (to nearest Hospital)** 1.00 0.99 1.01

Model 8 Long Term Illness 1.32 1.18 1.48 8532.7

Bad Health 1.61 1.28 2.03

Geographic Distance (to nearest ED Hospital)* 0.991 0.982 0.999

Model 9 Long Term Illness 1.26 1.12 1.42 8488.4

Bad Health 1.50 1.19 1.89

Geographic Distance (to nearest ED Hospital)* 0.991 0.982 0.999

Non-Car Ownership 1.61 1.41 1.84

All variables significant at the 1% level except where indicated at 5% (*) and as not significant (**).