Table 5.
Patient experience analysis: Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems.
| Variables (average %) | Participating (average %) | Nonparticipating (average %) | P value | Estimate average difference (nonparticipating-participating) | 95% CI |
| Staff described the medicine’s side effects, mean (SD) | 57.95 (49.42) | 55.95 (49.70) | .55 | −2.00 | −4.50 to 8.50 |
| Staff told the patient what the medicine was for, mean (SD) | 84.41 (36.32) | 85.71 (35.03) | .58 | 1.30 | −5.95 to 3.34 |
| Received information (symptoms to look for), mean (SD) | 98.55 (11.98) | 96.64 (18.04) | .02 | −1.91 | 0.26 to 3.55 |
| Talked about help needed at home, mean (SD) | 96.80 (17.61) | 95.17 (21.46) | .13 | −1.63 | −0.47 to 3.74 |