Table 2

Impact of framing on patient satisfaction—the simple specification

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)
Lab feesDrug feesRegistration feesCleanWait timeRespectExplainPrivacyStaff timeOpen hoursTrustOverall
Negative−0.189
(0.002)
−0.116 
(<0.001)
−0.020 
(0.275)
−0.053
 (<0.001)
−0.071 
(<0.001)
−0.025 
(<0.001)
−0.040 
(<0.001)
−0.111 
(<0.001)
−0.109 
(<0.001)
−0.076 
(<0.001)
−0.102 
(<0.001)
−0.075
 (<0.001)
Positive (control mean)0.8860.8920.9420.9300.9180.9860.9740.8880.9650.9740.9880.949
Observations (n)17810047842219221922132204220922192144219319 586
Missing values2737339181337829202
Number of individuals who received the question 18010118212222222222222222222222222222222219 788
  • Dependent variable=1 if the patient responded favourably in stage 1 (ie, ‘agree’ on positively framed questions or ‘disagree’ on negatively framed questions), 0 otherwise. ‘Negative’ refers to a negatively framed item. ‘Positive’ refers to a positively framed item. The numbers reported below the coefficients are p values. The total patients asked each question differs because certain questions only applied to a subset of patients.