Table 3.

Partial Correlation of Percentage of Time Spent on Behavior with Satisfaction with Physician*

	Younger Patients 18–64 (n = 1711)	Older Patients 65–74 (n = 356)	Oldest Patients ≥75 (n = 239)
History taking	−0.041	0.002	−0.082
Planning treatment^†	−0.037	−0.166	0.160
Physical examination^‡	−0.052	−0.022	0.080
Health education^‡^§	0.004	−0.035	0.143
Feedback on evaluation results	−0.055	−0.025	0.038
Family information^‡^§	0.045	0.061	−0.102
Chatting	0.067	0.142	0.068
Structuring the interaction^‡	−0.061	−0.056	0.082
Patient questions	−0.027	−0.118	−0.032
Preventive services	0.011	0.015	0.066
Procedures	0.051	0.060	0.021
Nutrition advice	0.038	0.049	−0.044
Counseling^‡	0.027	−0.047	−0.107
Exercise advice	−0.008	0.066	0.006
Compliance assessment^‡	0.029	−0.016	−0.107
Smoking behavior assessment or advice	0.035	0.008	−0.034
Assessing patient’s health knowledge	0.036	−0.044	−0.067
Health promotion	0.028	−0.033	−0.017
Negotiation	−0.028	−0.021	0.051
Substance use assessment or advice^‖	0.009	−0.116	0.002
Length of visit^‡	0.151	0.099	0.019

* Partial correlation is the magnitude of correlation that is significantly different from 0 (P < .05) is 0.047, 0.103, and 0.126 for the younger, older, and oldest patients, respectively. Analyses are adjusted for patient gender, reason for visit, chronic illnesses and number of visits in previous year.
† All three columns differ, P < .05.
‡ Column 1 differs from column 3, P < .05.
§ Column 2 differs from column 3, P < .05.
‖ Column 1 differs from column 2, P < .05.