Age group, years | ||||||
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16–34 (n = 2868) | 35–54 (n = 3219) | 55–74 (n = 3236) | ≥75 (n = 1465) | Total (n = 10 788)a | P-valueb | |
Being seen on the day of your choice | 3.28 | 3.29 | 3.20 | 3.21 | 3.25 | 0.957 |
Being see as soon as possible | 3.09 | 3.13 | 3.16 | 3.09 | 3.12 | 0.223 |
Seeing a doctor rather than a nurse | 2.77 | 3.09 | 3.29 | 3.34 | 3.09 | <0.001 |
Seeing a particular doctor or nurse | 2.43 | 2.75 | 3.03 | 3.23 | 2.80 | <0.001 |
Being seen at a particular time of day | 2.87 | 2.88 | 2.56 | 2.48 | 2.74 | 0.002 |
Being able to book the appointment well in advance | 2.37 | 2.61 | 2.81 | 2.87 | 2.63 | <0.001 |
Seeing a female doctor or nurse rather than a male | 1.90 | 1.83 | 1.71 | 1.83 | 1.82 | 0.144 |
Seeing a nurse rather than a doctor | 1.70 | 1.68 | 1.73 | 1.77 | 1.71 | 0.019 |
Seeing a male doctor or nurse rather than a female | 1.57 | 1.58 | 1.67 | 1.86 | 1.63 | <0.001 |
Figures are mean scores on a scale from 4 = very important to 1 = not at all important. The top priority for each group is shown in bold.
↵a Age missing for 33 responders.
↵b Relationship between importance of topic and age group. Ordinal logistic regression adjusted for sex, ethnicity, chronic illness, housing, and employment status at patient level, list size, training, personal medical services, and previous fund-holding status at practice level and taking account of clustering by practice.