Table 1.
Participant Characteristics.
| n (%) | |
|---|---|
| Age group | |
| 18–34 | 416 (30.0%) |
| 35–64 | 709 (51.1%) |
| 65 and over | 263 (18.9%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 671 (48.4%) |
| Female | 715 (51.6%) |
| Race | |
| White | 1005 (72.4%) |
| African American | 185 (13.3%) |
| Asian | 82 (5.9%) |
| Other | 116 (8.4%) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Non-Hispanic/Latino | 1167 (84.1%) |
| Hispanic/Latino | 221 (15.9%) |
| Education | |
| High school degree or less | 534 (38.5%) |
| Some college up to associates degree | 378 (27.2%) |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 476 (34.3%) |
| Rural-urban setting | |
| Suburban | 652 (47.0%) |
| Urban | 349 (25.1%) |
| Rural | 387 (27.9%) |
| Rated health | |
| Excellent/good | 967 (69.7%) |
| Fair | 354 (25.5%) |
| Poor | 67 (4.8%) |
| Health insurance | |
| Private insurance only | 540 (38.9%) |
| Medicare only | 288 (20.7%) |
| Medicaid only | 223 (16.1%) |
| Multiple | 136 (9.8%) |
| None | 137 (9.9%) |
| Other | 64 (4.6%) |
| Quality of experience with physicians in the last 12 months | |
| Positive quality experience | 1107 (79.9%) |
| Mixed quality experiences with providers of this type | 196 (14.2%) |
| Negative quality experience | 38 (2.7%) |
| No experience with this type of provider | 44 (3.2%) |
| Quality of experience with PAs in the last 12 months | |
| Positive quality experience | 866 (62.5%) |
| Mixed quality experiences with providers of this type | 146 (10.5%) |
| Negative quality experience | 43 (3.1%) |
| No experience with this type of provider | 330 (23.8%) |
| Quality of experience with NPs in the last 12 months | |
| Positive quality experience | 903 (65.2%) |
| Mixed quality experiences with providers of this type | 161 (11.6%) |
| Negative quality experience | 40 (2.9%) |
| No experience with this type of provider | 281 (20.3%) |
Abbreviations: PA, physician assistant; NP, nurse practitioner.