Development and Validation of the Tibetan Primary Care Assessment Tool

Table 1

Descriptive statistics for study sample (𝑛=1386).

Characteristics	Respondents	𝑛	%
Healthcare setting	Prefecture hospital	692	49.9
	County hospital	336	24.2
	Township health center	358	25.8
Sociodemographic characteristic
Gender	Male	643	46.4
	Female	743	53.6
Age	<60 years	1224	88.3
	≥60 years	162	11.7
Education	Below junior high school	931	67.2
	Junior high school and above	455	32.8
Occupation	Employed	1114	80.4
	Unemployed	272	19.6
Annual household income (RMB)	≤30000	783	56.5
	>30000	603	43.5
Marital status	Unmarried	320	23.1
	Married	1066	76.9
Health service utilization
Number of PCP visits during the past year	0-1	376	28.4
	2-3	546	44.1
	≥4	464	27.5
Whether inpatient during the past year	Yes	291	21.0
	No	1095	79.0
Health characteristics
Self-rated health	Poor health	511	36.9
	Good health	875	63.1