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Table 3 Preferences of different subgroups of participants about the attributes of service quality in Kermanshah, Iran, 2019

From: Eliciting preferences of patients about the quality of hospital services in the west of Iran using discrete choice experiment analysis

Choice

Gender

Residency

Education level

Hospital

Female

Male

Urban

Rural

Diploma and lower

Academic

Imam Reza

Shohada

aOR (95% CI)

aOR (95% CI)

aOR (95% CI)

aOR (95% CI)

aOR (95% CI)

aOR (95% CI)

aOR (95% CI)

aOR (95% CI)

Waiting time for admission (base: 1 h)

 2 h

0.58 (0.46, 0.73)

0.76 (0.63, 0.92)

0.66 (0.55, 0.78)

0.77 (0.58, 1.02)

0.80 (0.68, 0.95)

0.44 (0.33, 0.59)

0.73 (0.62, 0.87)

0.54 (0.39, 0.74)

 3 h and more

0.98 (0.77, 1.25)

0.82 (0.66, 1.02)

0.85 (0.70, 1.02)

1.04 (0.75, 1.44)

1.01 (0.84, 1.22)

0.64 (0.47, 0.88)

1.08 (0.89, 1.29)

0.48 (0.34, 0.68)

Quality of physician care (base: low)

 Moderate

1.16 (0.94, 1.44)

1.48 (1.22, 1.79)

1.26 (1.06, 1.48)

1.49 (1.12, 1.97)

1.34 (1.13, 1.58)

1.23 (0.93, 1.63)

1.30 (1.10, 1.53)

1.33 (0.98, 1.79)

 Good

3.99 (2.91, 5.48)

2.78 (2.15, 3.60)

3.48 (2.75, 4.40)

2.48 (1.70, 3.60)

3.09 (2.46, 3.88)

3.64 (2.46, 5.38)

2.87 (2.30, 3.58)

4.67 (2.98, 7.32)

Quality of nursing care (base: low)

 Moderate

0.49 (0.35, 0.69)

1.08 (0.79, 1.48)

0.75 (0.58, 0.98)

0.80 (0.51, 1.26)

0.89 (0.69, 1.17)

0.47 (0.30, 0.74)

0.82 (0.63, 1.06)

0.60 (0.36, 0.97)

 Good

0.81 (0.57, 1.15)

1.48 (1.06, 2.07)

1.12 (0.84, 1.47)

1.19 (0.74, 1.93)

1.34 (1.01, 1.7)

0.69 (0.43, 1.11)

1.22 (0.92, 1.56)

0.87 (0.51, 1.46)

Cleaning of wards and toilets (often clean)

 Almost clean

1.65 (1.32, 2.05)

1.57 (1.31, 1.89)

1.68 (1.43, 1.98)

1.46 (1.12, 1.91)

1.55 (1.31, 1.82)

1.86 (1.41, 2.44)

1.54 (1.32, 1.81)

1.88 (1.40, 2.54)

 Always clean

0.83 (0.63, 1.10)

1.24 (0.98, 1.56)

1.01 (0.82, 1.23)

1.22 (0.87, 1.73)

1.01 (0.82, 1.22)

1.19 (0.84, 1.70)

0.98 (0.81, 1.20)

1.30 (0.88, 1.91)

Behavior of staff (base: indifferent)

 Friendly

2.26 (1.90, 2.69)

1.91 (1.65, 2.22)

2.00 (1.76, 2.29)

2.11 (2.62)

2.13 (1.87, 2.44)

1.78 (1.44, 2.22)

1.99 (1.76, 2.27)

2.16 (1.69, 2.75)

Observations

2664

3240

4374

1530

4320

1584

4464

1440

Prob > chi2

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

< 0.001

Pseudo R2

0.20

0.15

0.17

0.14

0.16

0.19

0.14

0.24

  1. aOR: adjusted odds ratio; 95% CI: 95% confidence interval