Table 2.
Rating differences for dentist and patient characteristics from 2012-2013.
| Characteristics | n | >Median, n | ≤Median, n (%) | P a | ||
| Dentist |
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Gender |
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.001 | |
|
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Female | 7621 | 3462 | 4159 (54.57) |
|
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|
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Male | 16,276 | 7784 | 8492 (52.17) |
|
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Medical specialty |
|
|
|
<.001 | |
|
|
|
Pediatric dentistry | 84 | 36 | 48 (57.14) |
|
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|
|
Not specified | 12,608 | 5535 | 7073 (56.10) |
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|
|
Periodontology | 4556 | 2060 | 2496 (54.78) |
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|
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Naturopathy | 159 | 75 | 84 (52.83) |
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|
|
Endontology | 275 | 132 | 143 (52.00) |
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|
Oral surgery | 715 | 354 | 361 (50.49) |
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|
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Implantology | 3614 | 1925 | 1689 (46.73) |
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Esthetic dentistry | 562 | 332 | 230 (40.93) |
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Orthodontics | 1284 | 771 | 513 (39.95) |
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Laser dentistry | 45 | 29 | 16 (35.56) |
|
| Patient |
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Gender |
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|
|
<.001 | |
|
|
|
Female | 26,915 | 6426 | 20,489 (76.12) |
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Male | 22,550 | 5811 | 16,739 (74.23) |
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Age |
|
|
|
.001 | |
|
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<30 | 8746 | 2727 | 6024 (68.87) |
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|
|
30-50 | 25,009 | 6116 | 18,898 (75.56) |
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|
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>51 | 12,908 | 2645 | 10,263 (79.51) |
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Health insurance |
|
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|
.001 | |
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|
|
Statutory health insurance | 37,283 | 9408 | 27,875 (74.77) |
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|
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Private health insurance | 9995 | 2360 | 7635 (76.39) |
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aMedian test: a nonparametric test that is used to determine whether the medians of two or more groups differ.