Attitudes and awareness of medical assistance while traveling abroad

Table 2 Association between demographic characteristics and the three most important emergency medical services as considered by travelers (N = 500)

		24-h telephone medical consultation		Emergent medical repatriation		Arrangement of hospital admission
Variable	Number	Importance (%)	P Value*	Importance (%)	P Value*	Importance (%)	P Value*
Age(years)			0.917		0.044⁺		0.001⁺
18–29	319	92.2		90.0		91.2
30–39	105	92.4		86.7		81.0
40–49	36	88.9		75.0		72.2
50–69	39	92.3		82.1		87.2
Sex			0.497		0.024⁺		0.113
Male	208	92.8		83.7		84.6
Female	292	91.1		90.4		89.4
Highest educational level completed			0.271		0.288		0.263
High School or below	34	85.3		85.3		91.2
University or College	296	91.6		89.5		88.9
Graduate School and higher	170	93.5		84.7		84.1
Medical History			0.075		0.112		0.468
Yes	65	86.2		81.5		84.6
No	435	92.6		88.5		87.8
Planned travel destinations			0.874		0.550		0.117
China	34	91.2		88.2		85.3
North Asia	36	94.4		88.9		88.9
Southeast and South Asia	67	91.0		92.5		88.1
North America	212	91.5		89.2		91.0
Middle and South America	44	93.2		81.8		81.8
Europe and Oceania	19	84.2		78.9		89.5
Africa	50	90.0		82.0		74.0
Multiple destinations	34	97.1		85.3		88.2
Travel-associated illness			0.188		0.024⁺		0.983
Yes	71	91.1		86.2		87.3
No	429	95.8		95.8		87.4
Planned special activities during travel			0.095		0.054		0.868
Yes	83	96.4		94.0		88.0
No	417	90.9		86.3		87.3

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