Table 2.
Patient Perceptions of Physician Receipt of Gifts*
| "Thinking about…your personal doctor…do you think the doctor accepts gifts…?" | "…Thinking about your own personal experiences as well as the experiences of people who know, would you say that [X] accept gifts?" | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | P Value | Almost No Doctors | Some Doctors | Almost All Doctors | P value | |
| Overall | 55.2% | 23.2% | 42.2% | 34.6% | ||
| Race | 0.01 | 0.04 | ||||
| African-American | 48.4% | 27.1% | 44.6% | 28.3% | ||
| White | 56.7% | 22.3% | 41.7% | 36.0% | ||
| Income | 0.005 | <0.001 | ||||
| <$20,000 | 41.6% | 38.7% | 41.6% | 19.7% | ||
| $20–40,000 | 52.8% | 28.7% | 41.4% | 29.9% | ||
| $40–60,000 | 59.1% | 19.1% | 40.2% | 40.8% | ||
| $60–100,000 | 61.8% | 13.3% | 50.1% | 36.7% | ||
| >$100,000 | 61.6% | 9.5% | 34.1% | 56.4% | ||
| Education | 0.002 | <0.001 | ||||
| Up to HS Diploma | 46.1% | 34.0% | 44.2% | 21.9% | ||
| Some College but less than 4 Yr Degree | 58.0% | 17.5% | 39.9% | 42.5% | ||
| 4 Yr College Degree or Graduate School | 62.0% | 16.7% | 41.9% | 41.4% | ||
| Sex | 0.03 | 0.15 | ||||
| Male | 58.5% | 19.5% | 42.6% | 38.0% | ||
| Female | 53.2% | 25.4% | 42.0% | 32.7% | ||
| Age | 0.002 | 0.002 | ||||
| 18–39 | 54.7% | 12.7% | 48.4% | 38.9% | ||
| 40–64 | 60.1% | 20.5% | 42.3% | 37.2% | ||
| > = 65 | 44.0% | 31.8% | 40.2% | 28.0% | ||
| Health Insurance | 0.66 | 0.23 | ||||
| Insured | 55.0% | 30.3% | 37.4% | 32.3% | ||
| Uninsured | 57.0% | 22.4% | 42.8% | 34.9% | ||
| Chronic Diseases | 0.36 | 0.11 | ||||
| None | 56.6% | 21.0% | 44.8% | 34.4% | ||
| One | 57.6% | 21.2% | 42.8% | 36.0% | ||
| More than one | 50.8% | 28.3% | 38.1% | 33.6% | ||
*Weighted analysis