Linking patient satisfaction with nursing care: the case of care rationing - a correlational study

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Table 5 Rationing threshold levels for patient satisfaction

Patient satisfaction factors	Rationing level: 0.5 (N = 272)			Rationing level: 1 (N = 58)
	Beta (t)	p-value	R ²	Beta (t)	p-value	R ²
Factor A-Direct nursing Care	−1.676 (−2.77)	0.006^b	0.04	−0.438 (−1.09)	0.281	0.15
Subscale A1-Technical Care	−1.208 (−1.96)	0.05ª	0.04	−0.387 (−1.07)	0.290	0.25
Subscale A2 -Information	−0.857 (−1.09)	0.276	0.01	−0.901 (−1.39)	0.169	0.12
Subscale A3-Interpersonal relations	−2.880 (−4.19)	<0.001^b	0.08	−0.025 (−0.07)	0.942	0.08
Factor B-Indirect nursing Care	−0.941 (−1.56)	0.121	0.11	−0.182 (−0.49)	0.626	0.14

ªVariable is significant at 0.05 level, ^bVariable is significant at 0.01 level ^b.

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