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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 Aug;37(8):1313–1320. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2018.0159

Exhibit 3:

Factors associated with respondents’ opinions about commercialization of biospecimens

Use Notification Preferences for use of profits
Comfortable
with commercial
use (question A)
Prefer to be
notified about
commercial use
(question B)
Profits used for
research only
(question C)
Profits shared with
public (charitable
trust) (question D)
Recent health experience (past year)
Self or loved one in ER 1.54** 1.32 1.14 1.07
Self or loved one hospitalized 1.24 1.36 1.05 1.18
Support for research
Favorable view of data sharing 2.07**** 0.78** 1.50**** 1.08
Obligation to participate in research 1.68**** 1.05 1.29*** 1.24**
Values
Index of privacy concerns 0.74** 2.11**** 0.99 1.07
Index of altruism 1.45*** 2.28**** 2.65**** 2.53****
Whether most people can be trusted 1.94**** 0.84 1.23** 1.12
Index of trust in the health system 1.28**** 0.98 1.16**** 1.05
Index of trust in health care providers 2.04**** 0.76** 1.60**** 1.05

SOURCE Authors’ analysis of data from the 2016 trust in health information sharing survey. NOTES The exhibit shows odds ratios. The full text of each respondent opinion is in exhibit 2. ER is emergency room.

**

p < 0.05

***

p ≤ 0.01

****

p ≤ 0.001