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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Oncol. 2015 May;1(2):222–230. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2015.20

Table 4.

Adjusted odds ratios for rating surgeon and hospital care as excellent

Variable/response Adjusted odds ratio
(95% Confidence Interval)		 p-value Hosmer-
Lemeshow
goodness
of fit (P
value)
Responses regarding surgeon selection and association with excellent rating for quality of health care provided by surgeona,b,e
Chose surgeon based on his/her reputation 2.21 (1.24–3.93) <.01 .86
Chose surgeon because I wanted to be treated at the medical institution where he/she worked 1.56 (.75–3.27) .24 .80
Surgeon recommended by relative or friend 1.51 (.72–3.20) .28 .79
Referred to surgeon by another doctor 1.19 (.70–2.02) .52 .69
Surgeon was one of the only ones available through health care plan .56 (.34–.91) .02 .31
Responses regarding hospital selection and association with excellent rating for quality of experience at the treating hospital a,c,d,e
Chose hospital because of its reputation 1.23 (.72–2.09) .44 .78
Chose hospital because I wanted to be treated at the medical institution where my doctor worked 1.40 (.94–2.08) .10 .20
Wanted hospital near my home .95 (.60–1.52) .84 .37
Referred to hospital by my doctor 1.32 (.87–1.99) .20 .55
Hospital available through health plan 1.09 (.75–1.60) .64 .19
a

Using multivariable logistic regression, adjusting for race/ethnicity, age, comorbidity, marital status, stage, mean health literacy score, and education. Insurance was not included because of the rarity of uninsured status. Bolded results are significant with p<.05.

b

Each possible response with at least 10% of women answering ‘yes’ for the reasons for surgeon selection was added to base model (patient variables listed above) and then a final model was performed which included all possible responses for surgeon selection.

c

Each possible response with at least 10% of women answering ‘yes’ for the reasons for hospital selection was added to base model (patient variables listed above) and then a final model was performed which included all possible responses for hospital selection.

d

One English-speaking Hispanic women did not answer this question

e

Model c-statistics ranged from .64–.66 for ratings of surgeon and .59–.60 for ratings of hospital