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. 2018 Jul 11;14:67. doi: 10.1186/s12992-018-0382-5

Table 2.

Association between demographic characteristics and the three most important emergency medical services as considered by travelers (N = 500)

24-h telephone medical consultation Emergent medical repatriation Arrangement of hospital admission
Variable Number Importance (%) P Value* Importance (%) P Value* Importance (%) P Value*
Age(years) 0.917 0.044+ 0.001+
 18–29 319 92.2 90.0 91.2
 30–39 105 92.4 86.7 81.0
 40–49 36 88.9 75.0 72.2
 50–69 39 92.3 82.1 87.2
Sex 0.497 0.024+ 0.113
 Male 208 92.8 83.7 84.6
 Female 292 91.1 90.4 89.4
Highest educational level completed 0.271 0.288 0.263
 High School or below 34 85.3 85.3 91.2
 University or College 296 91.6 89.5 88.9
 Graduate School and higher 170 93.5 84.7 84.1
Medical History 0.075 0.112 0.468
 Yes 65 86.2 81.5 84.6
 No 435 92.6 88.5 87.8
Planned travel destinations 0.874 0.550 0.117
 China 34 91.2 88.2 85.3
 North Asia 36 94.4 88.9 88.9
 Southeast and South Asia 67 91.0 92.5 88.1
 North America 212 91.5 89.2 91.0
 Middle and South America 44 93.2 81.8 81.8
 Europe and Oceania 19 84.2 78.9 89.5
 Africa 50 90.0 82.0 74.0
 Multiple destinations 34 97.1 85.3 88.2
Travel-associated illness 0.188 0.024+ 0.983
 Yes 71 91.1 86.2 87.3
 No 429 95.8 95.8 87.4
Planned special activities during travel 0.095 0.054 0.868
 Yes 83 96.4 94.0 88.0
 No 417 90.9 86.3 87.3

*The p Value was calculated using the chi-square test for the analysis

+Items with p Value < 0.05