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    This document discusses a study on factors associated with patients' perceptions of healthcare providers' communication behavior. The study found: 1) No significant relationship between sociodemographic factors and ratings of provider communication. 2) Positive correlation between communication ratings and having health insurance or a usual source of care. 3) Negative correlation between communication ratings and poorer self-rated health or depressive symptoms.

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    This document discusses a study on factors associated with patients' perceptions of healthcare providers' communication behavior. The study found: 1) No significant relationship between sociodemographic factors and ratings of provider communication. 2) Positive correlation between communication ratings and having health insurance or a usual source of care. 3) Negative correlation between communication ratings and poorer self-rated health or depressive symptoms.

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    Factors Associated with Patients' Perceptions of Health

    Care Providers' Communication Behavior

    3 Key Takeaways
    Purpose: To understand if there is a relationship between patients sociodemographic
    characteristics and their ratings of communication with respective healthcare providers
    1 No significant relationship has been identified between any
    sociodemographic variables and patients rating of providers communication
    behaviour
    Includes: Gender, race, income, education, age, employment, marital status

    Positive correlation: Communication behavior was higher in patients who


    hold health insurance and respondents who have an usual source of care

    3 Negative correlation: Communication behavior was weaker in respondents


    who perceived poorer own general health and those who have depressive
    symptoms

    Implications
    Purpose: Deciding how we should act on the research findings on improving doctor-patient
    communication
    1 Finding: Positive correlation between perceived health care and usual source of
    healthcare
    Current Practice: Clinics keep a record of past medical history of patients to
    allow doctors to better understand patients conditions

    Question: Is this sufficient?


    2

    Finding: Negative correlation between perceived health care and respondents


    who perceived poorer own general health and those who have depressive
    symptoms

    Question: 1) How do we identify such patients at a clinic?


    2) Is it justifiable to spend more time with such patients?

    Any others?
    3

    Where do we go from here?


    Purpose: Questions to ask ourselves in considering further research to better understand
    communication flow between patients and doctors
    1 Further research should take into consideration other factors:
    Sociodemographic

    Health Behavior

    Others

    Health Insurance
    Private / Public

    Duration spent with


    doctor

    Prior knowledge of
    own health condition

    Number of visits to
    clinic per year
    2

    From Providers point of view: Research assumes that quality of service


    provided is unanimous across all sociodemographic and health behaviour.
    Is that true?

    3 In Singapores Context: Further research to identify if these factors are


    relevant among patients and doctors in Singapore, taking into
    consideration differences between profile of patients in private and public
    clinics

    Opinions / Any others?


    4

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