Table 3.

Patient Characteristics and Prior Quality of Experience Associated with Provider Qualifications Deemed Important in Selecting a Medical Provider.

	Medical license		Medical certification		Amount of education		Years of experience		Provider type
	aOR	95% CI	aOR	95% CI	aOR	95% CI	aOR	95% CI	aOR	95% CI
Age group (18–34 reference)
35–64	1.68	1.04–2.69	1.14	0.73–1.77	1.24	0.90–1.69	1.31	0.97–1.78	1.41	1.06–1.87
65 and over	2.90	1.31–6.59	1.42	0.71–2.83	0.75	0.46–1.22	0.69	0.43–1.11	1.74	1.08–2.80
Gender (male reference)
Female	1.92	1.24–3.01	1.33	0.90–1.96	1.20	0.92–1.58	1.27	0.97–1.65	1.08	0.84–1.41
Race (white reference)
African American	0.87	0.49–1.61	1.21	0.69–2.22	1.50	0.98–2.33	1.70	1.13–2.60	1.48	1.00–2.22
Asian	1.71	0.68–5.26	1.10	0.52–2.55	1.02	0.58–1.84	2.21	1.21–4.31	0.99	0.59–1.69
Other	3.46	1.16–14.96	1.02	0.48–2.39	1.41	0.83–2.48	1.13	0.69–1.90	0.83	0.52–1.33
Ethnicity (non-Hispanic/Latino reference)
Hispanic/Latino	0.94	0.52–1.78	1.40	0.79–2.63	0.88	0.60–1.31	1.14	0.78–1.69	1.36	0.94–2.00
Education (high school degree or less reference)
Some college	0.85	0.51–1.43	1.07	0.67–1.74	0.93	0.67–1.30	0.70	0.51–0.96	0.64	0.47–0.87
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.02	0.60–1.72	0.83	0.52–1.31	1.00	0.72–1.39	0.75	0.54–1.02	0.71	0.52–0.97
Home setting (suburban reference)
Urban	0.91	0.56–1.51	0.88	0.57–1.39	0.85	0.61–1.17	0.79	0.58–1.09	1.16	0.85–1.58
Rural	1.25	0.75–2.14	1.17	0.75–1.86	0.85	0.62–1.16	0.73	0.54–0.98	1.09	0.82–1.47
Rated health (excellent/good reference)
Fair	0.89	0.55–1.46	0.67	0.45–1.02	0.80	0.59–1.08	0.73	0.55–0.98	0.92	0.69–1.22
Poor	0.44	0.21–1.03	0.64	0.30–1.54	0.80	0.45–1.48	0.81	0.46–1.48	0.77	0.45–1.37
Health insurance (private reference)
Medicare Only	0.86	0.46–1.67	0.73	0.40–1.33	1.22	0.80–1.89	1.47	0.97–2.26	1.29	0.85–1.97
Medicaid Only	1.25	0.66–2.45	0.89	0.50–1.62	1.11	0.74–1.69	1.35	0.91–2.02	1.01	0.69–1.48
Multiple	0.99	0.47–2.28	0.93	0.47–1.97	0.97	0.60–1.59	1.85	1.13–3.11	0.84	0.53–1.35
None	2.06	0.94–5.08	0.85	0.45–1.68	1.13	0.71–1.84	1.21	0.78–1.93	0.75	0.50–1.16
Other	1.00	0.41–2.86	0.90	0.39–2.34	0.97	0.53–1.87	1.08	0.60–2.02	0.79	0.46–1.42
Experience quality with physicians in the last 12 months (none reference)
Positive	4.16	1.76–9.23	2.74	1.23–5.77	1.38	0.68–2.68	2.58	1.34–4.92	2.02	1.05–3.83
Mixed/negative	2.86	1.13–6.97	4.01	1.63–9.59	1.34	0.63–2.76	2.16	1.07–4.36	1.41	0.70–2.80
Experience quality with PAs in the last 12 months (none reference)
Positive	1.19	0.70–1.97	1.36	0.86–2.10	1.50	1.09–2.06	1.32	0.97–1.79	0.90	0.66–1.22
Mixed/negative	0.69	0.35–1.38	0.63	0.35–1.15	0.98	0.62–1.55	0.81	0.52–1.27	0.86	0.55–1.35
Experience with NPs in the last 12 months (none reference)
Positive	1.29	0.76–2.15	1.48	0.94–2.31	0.97	0.68–1.35	1.00	0.72–1.38	1.21	0.88–1.66
Mixed/negative	1.21	0.59–2.49	1.20	0.64–2.29	1.07	0.66–1.74	1.43	0.89–2.33	1.30	0.82–2.07

Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence intervals; PA, physician assistant; NP, nurse practitioner.

Bolded values indicate significant differences p < 0.05 in group comparisons.