Table 4

Intended utilisation of different care facilities in case of inflammatory gastrointestinal diseases (n=603): multivariate analysis (ORs and 95% CIs)

General practitioner/PaediatricianMedical on-call service (‘116117’)Emergency medicine*
OR (95% CI)†P valueOR (95% CI)P valueOR (95% CI)P value
Vignettes
 Sex (male)111
 Sex (female)1.24 (0.87 to 1.77)0.2430.45 (0.24 to 0.85)0.0131.35 (0.93 to 1.94)0.110
 Age (child)111
 Age (middle aged)1.29 (0.83 to 2.01)0.2551.31 (0.59 to 2.90)0.5110.63 (0.41 to 0.97)0.036
 Age (older)1.81 (1.15 to 2.83)0.0101.85 (0.85 to 4.03)0.1210.36 (0.23 to 0.57)<0.001
 Time (Tuesday morning)111
 Time (Tuesday evening)0.31 (0.22 to 0.44)<0.0013.20 (1.64 to 6.27)0.0012.02 (1.41 to 2.90)<0.001
Respondents
 Sex (male)111
 Sex (female)1.32 (0.93 to 1.90)0.1271.10 (0.60 to 2.03)0.7510.75 (0.52 to 1.08)0.123
 Age (18–40 years)111
 Age (41–60 years)0.67 (0.43 to 1.04)0.0711.11 (0.54 to 2.33)0.7651.35 (0.87 to 2.10)0.183
 Age (61 years and older)0.89 (0.53 to 1.49)0.6581.46 (0.59 to 3.60)0.4090.95 (0.56 to 1.61)0.840
 Education (≤9 years)111
 Education (10 years)0.56 (0.33 to 0.93)0.0243.85 (1.39 to 11.10)0.0121.84 (1.10 to 3.07)0.020
 Education (≥12 years)0.68 (0.43 to 1.07)0.0964.65 (1.68 to 12.85)0.0031.04 (0.65 to 1.66)0.869
 No migrant background111
 Migrant background (second generation)2.01 (1.17 to 3.46)0.0120.16 (0.29 to 0.87)0.0340.35 (0.19 to 0.66)0.001
 Migrant background (first generation)1.19 (0.69 to 2.07)0.5340.33 (0.87 to 1.29)0.1110.68 (0.39 to 1.20)0.182
 Own children (no)111
 Own children (yes)0.90 (0.60 to 1.34)0.6050.77 (0.38 to 1.55)0.4591.24 (0.82 to 1.86)0.310
 Personally affected by such complaints (no)111
 Personally affected by such complaints (yes)0.83 (0.49 to 1.39)0.4702.58 (1.17 to 5.67)0.0190.73 (0.42 to 1.26)0.261
  • *Accident and emergency department/emergency practice/rescue service.

  • †Statistically significant values (p<0.05) in bold.