Table 8.

Frequencies, Percentages, And Group Comparison According To Age, Gender And Annual Income Of Responses To Increase In Treatment Fees For A Specified Reduction In Treatment Time (N = 200). Significance Level Set At p<0.05

		Percentage Increase In Treatment Fees; n (%)			Significance Between Groups According To The Following Categories (p<0.05)
		10–20%	30–40%	50%	Age	Gender	Annual Income
Percentage reduction in treatment time	10%	167 (83.5%)	17 (8.5%)	16 (8.0%)	0.160	0.700	0.678
	20%	160 (80.0%)	36 (18.0%)	4 (2.0%)	0.098	0.809	0.536
	30%	117 (58.5%)	76 (38.0%)	7 (3.5%)	0.109	0.783	0.246
	40%	114 (57.0%)	80 (40.0%)	6 (3.0%)	0.067	0.841	0.045*
50%	105 (52.5%)	37 (18.5%)	58 (29.0%)	0.280	0.633	0.258

Notes: No significant difference in responses between the groups according to age and gender was reported for all procedures (p>0.05). However, for the annual income, a significant difference in responses was reported for the 40% reduction in treatment time only (*p<0.05).