Research Article
Primary Care Quality among Different Health Care Structures in Tibet, China
Table 1
Comparison of sociodemographic characteristics and healthcare services use among adult patients in different health care structures.
| | Characteristics | THC (%) | CH (%) | PH (%) | value | | ( = 358) | ( = 336) | ( = 692) |
| | Sociodemographic characteristics | | | | | | Gender | | | | 0.051 | | Male | 147 (41.1) | 156 (46.4) | 339 (49.0) | | | Female | 211 (58.9) | 180 (53.6) | 353 (51.0) | | | Age | | | | 0.682 | | <60 years | 316 (88.3) | 301 (89.6) | 607 (87.7) | | | ≥60 years | 42 (11.7) | 35 (10.4) | 85 (12.3) | | | Education | | | | <0.001 | | Below junior high school | 338 (94.4) | 249 (74.1) | 344 (49.7) | | | Junior high school and above | 20 (5.6) | 87 (25.9) | 348 (50.3) | | | Occupation | | | | <0.001 | | Employed | 284 (79.3) | 295 (87.8) | 535 (77.3) | | | Unemployed | 74 (20.7) | 41 (12.2) | 157 (22.7) | | | Income | | | | <0.001 | | ≤30000 RMB | 211 (58.9) | 167 (49.7) | 257 (37.1) | | | >30000 RMB | 147 (41.1) | 169 (50.3) | 435 (62.9) | | | Marital status | | | | <0.001 | | Unmarried | 54 (15.1) | 60 (17.9) | 206 (29.8) | | | Married | 304 (84.9) | 276 (82.1) | 486 (70.2) | | | Health service utilization | | | | | | Number of PCP visits during the past year | | | | <0.001 | | ≤3 | 160 (44.7) | 249 (74.1) | 513 (74.1) | | | ≥4 | 198 (55.3) | 87 (25.9) | 179 (25.9) | | | Whether inpatient during the past year | | | | <0.001 | | Yes | 25 (7.0) | 124 (36.9) | 142 (20.5) | | | No | 333 (93.0) | 212 (63.1) | 550 (79.5) | | | Health status | | | | | | Self-rated health | | | | 0.003 | | Unhealthy | 46 (12.8) | 50 (14.9) | 143 (20.7) | | | Healthy | 312 (87.2) | 286 (85.1) | 549 (79.3) | |
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THC = township health center; CH = county hospital; PH = prefecture hospital; PCP = primary care provider.
value by chi-square test.
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