Primary Care Quality among Different Health Care Structures in Tibet, China
Table 2
Comparison of primary care assessment score among adult patients in different health care structures.
Characteristics
THC score mean (SE)
CH score mean (SE)
PH score mean (SE)
value
First contact and continuity
95.40 (0.39)
90.93 (0.52)
85.23 (0.51)
<0.001
Comprehensiveness (medical care)
80.9 (0.99)
78.05 (1.03)
80.45 (0.67)
0.075
Comprehensiveness (social care)
90.33 (0.84)
85.39 (0.73)
81.91 (0.61)
<0.001
First contact (access)
80.16 (1.15)
69.21 (1.40)
60.04 (0.86)
<0.001
Coordination
91.65 (0.73)
84.39 (0.91)
77.65 (0.75)
<0.001
Family centeredness
90.34 (0.68)
87.93 (0.60)
84.18 (0.53)
<0.001
Community orientation
87.98 (0.87)
80.36 (0.85)
67.36 (0.78)
<0.001
Same doctor
66.42 (1.54)
70.95 (1.26)
74.44 (0.95)
<0.001
Stableness
45.37 (1.18)
43.14 (1.04)
48.75 (0.92)
0.001
Total
86.64 (0.49)
82.01 (0.50)
77.42 (0.38)
<0.001
Note: higher value indicates a more positive experience. Primary care scores are not adjusted for gender, age, income, education, occupation, marital status, whether inpatient during the past year, number of PCP visits, and health status. THC = township health center; CH = county hospital; PH = prefecture hospital; SE = standard error. value by analysis of variance.
