Consumer perceptions of safety in hospitals

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Public perceptions of lack of safety in public hospitals – univariate analysis.

Variable	Feel unsafe (%)	Total (N)	RR	95% CI	Sig.*
Age (yr)		2819
18–39	22.6	1157	1.00
40–59	29.2	988	1.29	1.09 – 1.52	0.002
60+	23.2	674	1.02	0.85 – 1.23	0.797
Gender		2819
Male	22.7	1381	1.00
Female	27.3	1438	1.20	1.04 – 1.38	0.013
Residence		2820
Country	18.2	844	1.00
Metropolitan	28.0	1976	1.54	1.2 6 – 1.87	<0.001
Country of birth		2818
Australia: Non-Indigenous	24.6	2067	1.00
Australia: Indigenous	25.6	39	1.00	0.52 – 1.94	0.991
Europe: UK/Ireland	24.5	343	0.99	0.81 – 1.22	0.954
Europe: Other	28.5	179	1.15	0.88 – 1.50	0.294
Asia	24.6	57	1.03	0.53 – 1.99	0.935
Other	28.6	133	1.16	0.86 – 1.57	0.331
Annual household income		2509
<$20,00	23.6	652	1.00
$20,001–$80,000	24.5	1448	1.04	0.88 – 1.22	0.665
>$80,0001	30.8	409	1.30	1.04 – 1.62	0.019
Previous hospital-acquired adverse event †		1091
No	21.6	923	1.00
Yes	46.9	168	2.25	1.89 – 2.67	<0.001
Severity of that hospital-acquired adverse event †		1091
No adverse event	21.6	923	1.00
Not serious	29.2	15	1.06	0.49 – 2.23	0.898
A little serious	36.6	52	1.72	.1.36 – 2.36	0.001
Really serious	54.6	101	2.72	2.27 – 3.25	<0.001

* Weighted log binomial generalized linear model †respondents aged 40 years and over

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