Table 3. Backward stepwise logistic regression analysis of the relationship between patient satisfaction and socio-demographic and underlying factors of the patients covered by the urban family physician program in Fars and Mazandaran provinces.

	Satisfaction status (satisfied/dissatisfied)
	OR	95% Confidence Interval
Province of residence Fars Mazandaran (Ref)	1.95	1.39-2.74
Population of the city of residence <100,000 >100,000 (Ref)	1.38	0.95-2.00
Distance to the family physician’s office on foot ≤10 min >10 min (Ref)	1.50	1.08-2.07
Choosing a previously known family physician Yes No (Ref)	1.73	1.24-2.41
Family physician’s acceptance by the patients (regarding work experience, reputation, etc.) Completely acceptable Relatively acceptable (Ref)	2.93	2.09—4.11
Patient’s attitude towards the importance of having a family physician Positive Negative (Ref)	2.49	1.65-3.77
Patient’s attitude towards the importance of a referral system (referring to level 2 of the referral system at the discretion of the family physician) Positive Negative (Ref)	1.60	1.09-2.36
Patient’s knowledge of the family physician program Adequate Inadequate (Ref)	1.51	1.06-2.15

Ref, Reference category