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Table 8 Unadjusted and adjusted prevalence ratios for travelling to Germany compared to other treatment destinations among residents of Dubai, United Arab Emirates during 2009–2012

From: Motivational factors for choosing treatment destinations among the patients treated overseas from the United Arab Emirates: results from the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions survey 2012

Dependent Variables

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

PR

95% CI

P-value

PR

95% CI

P-value

Medical Condition

 Other Diseases

1.00

–

–

1.00

–

–

 Eye Diseases

0.31

(0.11,0.91)

0.03

0.34

(0.13,0.870)

0.03

 Other Diseases

1.00

_

_

1.00

_

_

 Stroke (brain hemorrhage or clot)

1.93

(1.40,2.68)

< 0.001

1.90

(1.45,2.51)

< 0.001

Cost of Treatment

 Cost is not Important at all

1.00

–

–

1.00

–

–

 Indifferent about the cost

0.79

(0.54,1.16)

0.23

0.83

(0.57,1.21)

0.34

 Cost is very important

0.55

(0.39,0.79)

0.001

0.71

(0.51,1.00)

0.05

Treatment Coverage

 Government coverage

1.00

–

–

1.00

–

–

 Non-Government coverage

0.29

(0.17,0.51)

< 0.001

0.33

(0.19,0.57)

< 0.001

  1. aAdjusted for medical condition, cost of treatment, treatment coverage and using Modified Poisson as a model of Analysis