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Table 3 Factors contributing to respondents willingness to receive care from an NP in different circumstances

From: Predictive factors of the general public’s willingness to be seen and seek treatment from a nurse practitioner in Australia: a cross-sectional national survey

 

Response variable

Heard of NP

Willingness to receive car from NP^a

Prefer Wait Dr^b

Always Consider NP

ED

Community

Prescribe refer

More time

Manage chronic

Treat child

Less waiting

  

(Intercept)

− 1.43*** (.22)

2.34*** (.23)

3.14*** (.36)

2.15*** (.30)

1.03*** (.25)

1.33*** (.29)

1.64*** (.18)

2.16*** (.21)

− 0.40* (.16)

− 1.14*** (.13)

Gender

 Female

 Male

− 0.71*** (.12)

   

− 0.28* (.13)

− 0.25 (.16)

    

Age (65+)

0.52*** (.14)

 

− 0.72*** (.21)

− 0.68*** (.29)

− 0.63*** (.15)

− 0.28 (.19)

− 0.77*** (.17)

− 0.69*** (.17)

0.45** (.14)

0.46* (.18)

Education

 Secondary

TAFE

0.10 (.16)

− 0.40 (.25)

  

− 0.30 (.19)

 

− 0.04 (.21)

− 0.21 (.21)

− 0.35* (.17)

 

Tertiary

0.88*** (.14)

− 0.53* (.22)

  

− 0.61*** (.16)

 

− 0.36* (.18)

− 0.65*** (.18)

− 0.02 (.14)

 

Days poor physical health

0.1 (.06)

− 0.17 (.11)

 

0.18 (.11)

     

− 0.13 (.08)

LOTE

− 0.46* (.18)

− 0.49* (.23)

− 0.45 (.28)

− 0.39 (.23)

 

− 0.71*** (.21)

− 0.55** (.20)

− 0.41* (.21)

0.40* (.18)

0.39 (.23)

Days poor sleep

 

0.19* (.09)

 

0.24** (.08)

0.17* (.07)

0.12 (.08)

0.19** (07)

0.13 (.07)

  

Days health interfere

 

0.38** (.15)

 

− 0.28* (.12)

      

Chronic disease

 

− 0.3 (.19)

     

− 0.35* (.16)

0.19 (.13)

 

Location

 City

 Town

  

0.46 (.26)

0.20 (.20)

 

0.30 (.20)

  

− 0.15 (.15)

− 0.29 (.20)

 Rural

  

0.46 (.26)

0.44* (.21)

 

0.47* (.21)

  

− 0.55*** (.15)

− 0.56** (.20)

General health rating

  

− 0.31* (.15)

(.12)

      

Days poor mental health

        

− 0.06 (.06)

 

AIC

1629.82

927.92

738.19

1048.94

1401.75

1023.3

1177.98

1203.18

1614.95

993.43

Num. obs.

1248

1291

1290

1287

1276

1277

1196

1276

1219

944

  1. ***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05
  2. ^a Likert response transformed to binary Agree (1) vs Disagree / Neither (0)
  3. ^b Respondents willing to wait (any amount of time) to see a Doctor rather in preference to NP