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Table 2 Differences between patients who have and have not compared hospitals regarding factors influencing hospital choice

From: Is the impact of hospital performance data greater in patients who have compared hospitals?

  

Patients who have compared hospitals (n = 71)

Patients who have not compared hospitals

(n = 266)

Test of difference

 
    

X2

p

Did you deliberately choose for this hospital?

Yes

67 (94.4)

198 (74.4)

13.25

< 0.001

What issues have played a role in your choice?

Own previous experience

34 (47.9)

115 (43.2)

0.49

0.48

 

Experience of people from my environment

22 (31.0)

35 (13.2)

12.68

< 0.001

 

Advice from the general practitioner

21 (29.6)

94 (35.3)

0.83

0.36

 

Public information in the media

9 (12.7)

4 (1.5)

18.86

< 0.001

 

None

0 (0.0)

3 (1.1)

0.81

1.00

Patients have the right to choose their own hospital.

Did you know that you can choose in which hospital you want to be treated?

Yes

70 (98.6%)

250 (94.0%)

2.48

0.14

Are you aware of information on hospitals, which you can use to compare hospitals?

Yes

36 (50.7%)

162 (60.9%)

0.41

0.12

   If Yes: Do you know were you can find this information?

   Yes

28 (77.8%)

110 (67.9%)

1.36

0.24

Did you look up information on more than one hospital?

No, I did not look up information

32 (45.1)

195 (73.3)

  
 

No, I only looked up for information regarding the hospital I visited

12 (16.9)

36 (13.5)

28.58

< 0.001

 

Yes, I looked up information regarding other hospitals, I compared the hospitals and then made a choice

13 (18.3)

11 (4.1)

  
 

Other

14 (19.7)

24 (9.0)

  
  1. Significant differences are presented in bold. Multiple answers were possible in some questions.