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- Table 1.
Characteristics of Women “Extremely Satisfied” Versus “Not Extremely Satisfied” With Breast Cancer Care Provided by Family Physicians/General Practitioners (N = 145)
Characteristics Not Extremely Satisfied (n = 39) Extremely Satisfied (n = 106) P Patients Age (years) 53.2* 49.1* .026 Race (%) White 35.9 32.4 .312 Latina 43.6 55.6 Other 20.5 12 Marital status (%) Single 43.6 46.3 .771 Married/partnered 56.4 53.7 Education (%) ≤Grade 12 35.9 41.7 .529 >Grade 12 64.1 58.3 Insurance status (%) Uninsured 10.5 13 .694 Insured 89.5 87 Income adequacy (%) No 59 51 .390 Yes 41 49 General health status 3.4* 3.1* .102 Stage (%) 0/1 47.1 34 .327 2 35.3 38.7 3 17.6 27.3 Structure of care FP/GP sex (%) Male 41 39.3 .846 Female 59 60.7 FP/GP ethnicity (%) Discordant 66.7 57.3 .323 Concordant 33.3 42.7 Language spoken by FP/GP (%) Discordant 28.2 11.1 .012 Concordant 71.8 88.9 FP/GP visits (n) 4.2* 2.9* .06 Process of care Most recent mammogram ordered by FP/GP (%) Yes 18 23.2 .500 No 82 76.8 Most recent clinical breast exam done by FP/GP (%) Yes 20.5 27.8 .374 No 79.5 72.2 Asked FP/GP questions about my breast cancer (%) No 51.3 15 .000 Yes 48.7 85 How often did the FP/GP: listen carefully to you? 3.46* 3.91* .000 explain things in a way you could understand? 2.97* 3.85* .000 show respect for what you had to say? 3.36* 3.95* .000 spend enough time with you? 2.97* 3.95* .000 -
↵* Denotes mean.
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FP, family physician; GP, general practitioner.
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- Table 2.
Stepwise Logistic Regression Results of Determinants of Satisfaction With Care Provided by Family Physicians/General Practitioners (n = 141)
Odds Ratio (95% CI) Age (years) 0.95 (0.89–1.01) Asked FP/GP questions about breast cancer No – Yes 6.02 (2.04–17.78) How often did the FP/GP explain things in a way you could understand? 15.95 (4.73–53.81) -
FP, family physician; GP, general practitioner.
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