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. 2014 Jul 8;14:294. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-294

Table 5.

Who is responsible for adapting health care to diversity, according to the health professionals in the COMETH study in Belgium in 2010–2012 : Covariates of responsibility, Beta and 95% Confidence Intervals from the mixed regression model (n = 569)

  Score of responsibility according to the factor analysis
 
Score of responsibility for adaptation to the instrumental communication [-2; +2]
Score of responsibility for adaptation to the negotiation of values [-2; +2]
Score of responsibility for adaptation to the health beliefs [-2; +2]
Covariates of responsibility
Beta [95% CI]
Beta [95% CI]
Beta [95% CI]
Professional background
 
 
 
 Physicians
-0.31 [-0.55; -0.10]
-
-0.49 [-0.70; -0.29]
 Other professions±
0.00
-
0.00
Nationality
 
 
 
 Belgian
0.46 [0.19; 0.71]
0.32 [0.06; 0.57]
-
 Non Belgian±
0.00
0.00
-
Type of health service
 
 
 
 Intensive care unit
-
-
0.34 [0.19; 0.49]
 Not an intensive care unit±
-
-
0.00
 Primary care service
0.52 [0.25; 0.79]
-0.52 [-0.78; -0.25]
-
 Not a primary care service±
0.00
0.00
-
Covariates estimates
 
 
 Random intercept
0.04
0.04
-
p = 0.073
p = 0.08
 Residual
0.91
0.93
0.94
  p < 0.0001 p < 0.0001 p < 0.0001

±Indicates the reference category- Indicates non-significant results random intercept = service.

A score below 0 implied that the responsibility was attributed to the health professionals.

A score over 0 implied that the responsibility was attributed to the patients.