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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2015 Sep 25;221(6):1073–1082.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2015.09.009

Table 3.

Comparison of Responses for Individual Physician Communication Questions by Readiness for Discharge

Variable Ready for discharge (n=175)
n/n %		 Less ready for discharge (n=143)
n/n %		 p Value
Treat you with courtesy and respect? 152/163 (93.3) 95/134 (70.9) <0.001
Listen carefully to you? 140/163 (85.9) 74/132 (56.1) <0.001
Explain things in a way you could understand? 130/163 (79.8) 70/132 (53.0) <0.001

Answers to all 3 questions are used to create the physician communication composite.