Table 4.

Type of consumption among persons with acute medical exacerbations (after multivariate adjustment).^a

Type of consumption	% of patients with acute medical exacerbations	% of patients without acute medical exacerbations	P value
Disease or medical problem information	95.4	92.0	.09
Medical treatment or procedure information	72.3	58.3	.001
Drug safety information (including recalls)	29.3	19.6	<.01
Medical test results information	28.5	16.9	.001
Losing or controlling weight	36.9	35.9	.81
A drug advertised	28.0	19.0	<.01
Reviews of providers or treatments	49.9	40.6	.03

^aMultivariate regression adjusted for education, health status, chronic conditions, race, age, and sex.