Characteristic | N (users) | Probability of rating app as very important or absolutely essential (%) and 95% CI | Univariate p value | Directionality versus reference category | ||
Low | High | |||||
Country income | n=8103 | Wald variable p<0.001 | ||||
Low income | 249 | 66 | 60 | 72 | Reference category | |
Lower middle income | 2510 | 58 | 56 | 60 | 0.014 | Less important |
Upper middle income | 2432 | 48 | 46 | 50 | <0.001 | Less important |
High income | 2912 | 37 | 35 | 38 | <0.001 | Less important |
Provider type | n=8110 | Wald variable p<0.001 | ||||
Physician | 2572 | 45 | 43 | 47 | Reference category | |
Physician trainee | 1972 | 44 | 42 | 46 | NS | – |
Medical student | 329 | 55 | 50 | 60 | <0.001 | More important |
AA or CRNA | 1974 | 49 | 47 | 52 | <0.01 | More important |
AA or CRNA trainee | 320 | 54 | 48 | 59 | <0.01 | More important |
Anaesthesia technician/technically trained | 530 | 51 | 47 | 55 | 0.012 | More important |
All others | 413 | 55 | 50 | 60 | <0.001 | More important |
Practice model | n=5527 | Wald variable p<0.001 | ||||
Physician only | 1680 | 42 | 40 | 44 | Reference category | |
Physician supervised, anaesthesiologist on site | 2615 | 47 | 45 | 49 | <0.01 | More important |
Physician supervised, non-anaesthesiologist on site | 383 | 49 | 44 | 54 | 0.020 | More important |
Physician supervised, no physician on site | 199 | 55 | 48 | 62 | <0.001 | More important |
No physician supervision | 378 | 51 | 45 | 56 | <0.01 | More important |
Not an anaesthesia provider | 272 | 47 | 42 | 53 | NS | – |
Practice size | n=6290 | Wald variable p<0.001 | ||||
Solo | 2768 | 51 | 49 | 52 | Reference category | |
Small group<10 | 1463 | 48 | 45 | 50 | NS | – |
Medium group 10–25 | 691 | 43 | 40 | 47 | <0.001 | Less important |
Large group >25 | 1368 | 41 | 38 | 43 | <0.001 | Less important |
Length of practice | n=3689 | Wald variable p=0.032 | ||||
0–5 years | 1581 | 45 | 42 | 47 | Reference category | |
6–10 years | 745 | 46 | 43 | 50 | NS | – |
11–20 years | 625 | 45 | 41 | 49 | NS | – |
>21 years | 738 | 51 | 47 | 55 | <0.01 | More important |
Practice type | n=6033 | Wald variable p=NS | ||||
Private clinic or office | 987 | 44 | 41 | 47 | Reference category | |
Local health clinic | 481 | 44 | 39 | 48 | NS | – |
Ambulatory surgery centre | 302 | 46 | 41 | 52 | NS | – |
Small community hospital | 744 | 47 | 43 | 51 | NS | – |
Large community hospital | 1831 | 49 | 46 | 51 | 0.024 | More important |
Academic department/university hospital | 1688 | 47 | 44 | 49 | NS | – |
Primary community served | n=3548 | Wald variable p=NS | ||||
Urban | 2067 | 48 | 46 | 50 | Reference category | |
Suburban | 657 | 46 | 43 | 50 | NS | – |
Rural | 824 | 45 | 41 | 48 | NS | – |
AA, anaesthesiologist assistants; CRNA, certified registered nurse anaesthetists.