Table 4.
Multinomial regression results of patients’ sociodemographic characteristics and impact of Care Information Exchange on patient’s satisfaction with care.
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Worse care quality vs about the same | Better care quality vs about the same | Worse care quality vs about the same | Better care quality vs about the same | ||||||||
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Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value | Odds ratio (95% CI) | P value | ||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||
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Female | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
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Male | 0.84 (0.31-2.31) | .74 | 1.32 (0.88-1.97) | .17 | —b | — | — | — | |||
| Age (years) | ||||||||||||
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≥65 | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
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≤64 | 0.69 (0.27-1.80) | .45 | 1.215 (0.76-1.75) | .51 | N/Ac | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
| Ethnicity | ||||||||||||
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White | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
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Ethnic minority | 1.30 (0.35-4.78) | .70 | 2.32 (1.38-3.90) | .002 | 1.68 (0.44-6.41) | .45 | 2.12 (1.22-3.67) | .007 | |||
| Native language | ||||||||||||
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English | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
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Non-English | 1.74 (0.47-6.52) | .41 | 1.63 (0.91-2.89) | .10 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Education | ||||||||||||
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Secondary or below | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
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Undergraduate or Professional | 8.15 (1.03-64.80) | .05 | 1.14 (0.67-1.96) | .63 | — | — | — | — | |||
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Postgraduate or higher | 5.94 (0.67-52.47) | .11 | 1.11 (0.69-1.80) | .67 | — | — | — | — | |||
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Lower digital health literacy | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
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Higher digital health literacy | 2.29 (0.29-18.03) | .43 | 2.47 (1.19-5.13) | .02 | 2.17 (0.27-17.35) | .46 | 2.35 (1.09-5.04) | .03 | |||
| Health status | ||||||||||||
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Neither good nor poor | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
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Poor | 0.92 (0.27-3.16) | .89 | 1.34 (0.80-2.23) | .27 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
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Good | 1.04 (0.32-3.33) | .95 | 1.07 (0.65-1.78) | .78 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |||
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Not very much or a moderate amount | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
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A lot or very much | 3.00 (0.39-23.31) | .29 | 1.99 (1.04-3.82) | .04 | Xd | X | X | X | |||
| Frequency of CIE use | ||||||||||||
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Once a month or less | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | Reference | |||
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Once a week or more | 0.92 (0.32-2.67) | .88 | 2.13 (1.41-3.23) | <.001 | 0.90 (0.27-2.95) | .86 | 2.03 (1.31-3.13) | .002 | |||
aGoodness-of-fit: χ28=5.6; P=.69.
bVariable excluded from the final multivariable model using a backward elimination approach.
cN/A: not applicable; variable not entered into the multivariable analyses due to nonsignificance (P>.25) in univariate analyses.
dVariable excluded from the final multivariable model due to 0 cell counts producing unstable estimates.