Table 1 Sample description including patient characteristics and appointment characteristics, N = 557
From: Scheduling an appointment for MRI: patient perception of wait time and difficulty
Variable | N | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Patient characteristics | |||
Sex (Missing = 9) | Female | 315 | 56.6 |
Male | 233 | 41.8 | |
Age | 18–34 | 185 | 33.2 |
35–54 | 248 | 44.5 | |
55 + | 124 | 22.3 | |
Religion (Missing = 1) | Jewish | 514 | 92.3 |
Muslim, Druze, Christian | 42 | 7.6 | |
Region | North/Haifa | 160 | 28.7 |
Centre | 281 | 50.4 | |
Jerusalem | 58 | 10.4 | |
South | 58 | 10.4 | |
Education | Up to high school | 113 | 20.3 |
Further education beyond high school | 130 | 23.3 | |
University | 314 | 56.4 | |
Self-reported Income (Missing = 45) | Below average | 189 | 33.9 |
Average | 131 | 23.5 | |
Above average | 192 | 34.5 | |
HMO (Missing = 7) | 1 | 250 | 44.8 |
2 | 166 | 29.8 | |
3 | 78 | 14 | |
4 | 56 | 10 | |
Appointment characteristics | |||
Type of MRI* | Abdomen/pelvis | 89 | 17.4 |
Neurological | 276 | 54.04 | |
Breast | 27 | 5.34 | |
Skeleton | 119 | 23.34 | |
Prior imaging | Yes | 334 | 60 |
No | 223 | 40 | |
MRI shift | Morning | 151 | 27.1 |
Afternoon | 141 | 25.3 | |
Evening | 124 | 22.3 | |
Night | 141 | 25.3 | |
Tried to get an earlier appointment | Yes | 283 | 50.8 |
No | 274 | 49.2 | |
No. of sites tried to schedule | 1 site | 349 | 62.7 |
2 sites | 144 | 25.9 | |
> 2 sites | 64 | 11.5 | |