Table 7.

Pearson’s correlation coefficient on health care consumers’ perceived capability to assess aspects of health care and age (N=211).

Indicator		Age
1.1	The physician’s practice is easily accessible and reachable by public transport and car	−.149a
2.3	The medical practice assistants are experienced in their work	.257b
2.4	The physician has a lot of work experience and practices already for a longer time	.179b
2.5	The physician collaborates well with his team	.223b
4.1	The patient is diagnosed correctly	.202b
4.2	The physician asks the relevant questions and orders the correct tests to reach the correct diagnosis	.189b
4.3	The physician proceeds systematically and competently to reach the correct diagnosis	.168a
4.7	The physician and his team execute the treatment steps correctly	.224b
4.9	The physician makes the correct diagnosis timely and initiates the treatment swiftly	.173a
5.8	Decisions about the course of action are made together with the patient	.171a
6.4	The treatment was efficient (ie, cost-benefit ratio was accurate)	.142a

^aP<.05.

^bP<.001 (2-tailed).