Table 3.

Logistic regression of physicians’ perceptions of the nurses’ contribution to improving the quality of medical care.

Perceive that “Nurses share responsibility to a great/very great extent”
Total
Age (reference group: age <45)
45–60	0.887
>60	0.777
Born in Israel	1.869
Jewish	1.508
Male	0.788
Board certification (reference group: not board certified)
Family medicine	0.751
Internal medicine/other	0.840
Works primarily as a specialist
Form of employment (reference group: independent only)	1.084
Salaried only	2.070
Both salaried and independent physicians	1.904

Significant findings <0.05 appear in bold.