Table 5.
Factors associated with patients' use of their usual source of PHC as point of entry into the cancer investigation process. Patients with a usual source of PHC (n = 274).
| OR | CI 90% | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer site (ref.: breast) | |||
| Lung | 1.07 | [0.59–1.94] | 0.844 |
| Colorectal | 0.77 | [0.41–1.45] | 0.500 |
| Symptom urgency (ref.: yes) | |||
| No | 7.02 | [3.93–12.53] | <0.001 |
| Sex (ref.: male) | |||
| Female | 0.74 | [0.42–1.29] | 0.370 |
| Age1 | 0.98 | [0.96–1.00] | 0.157 |
| Education level (ref.: primary or secondary) | |||
| College or university | 1.08 | [0.68–1.72] | 0.779 |
| Accessibility at the usual source of PHC1 | 1.03 | [0.90–1.17] | 0.722 |
| Continuity at the usual source of PHC1 | 0.92 | [0.74–1.15] | 0.539 |
| Comprehensiveness at the usual source of PHC1 | 1.25 | [1.06–1.46] | 0.023 |
1In this model, age and experience of care indices are continuous variables.
Note: results were similar for models including level of morbidity or type of PHC clinic as covariates and for models excluding symptom urgency.