Integrating Traditional Chinese Medicine Services in Community Health Centers: Insights into Utilization Patterns in the Pearl River Region of China

Table 1

Demographic and health-related characteristics of respondents.

Characteristics	Number of respondents
	(%)
Gender
Male	1423 (42.4%)
Female	1933 (57.6%)
Household registry^†
Resident with Hukou	1726 (51.4%)
Resident without Hukou	1284 (38.2%)
Nonresident without Hukou	349 (10.4%)
Education level
Tertiary education or above	828 (24.7%)
Secondary education	1975 (58.9%)
Primary education or below	551 (16.4%)
Household income (¥)
<1000	272 (9.9%)
1000–2000	903 (33.0%)
2001–3000	708 (25.9%)
3001–4000	333 (12.2%)
4001–5000	235 (8.6%)
>5000	285 (10.4%)
Insurance status^#
Government sponsored medical care	249 (7.5%)
UEBMI	905 (27.1%)
URBMI	707 (21.2%)
NCMS	470 (14.1%)
Commercial insurance	22 (0.7%)
Out of pocket	982 (29.4%)
Self-perceived health status
Excellent	207 (6.2%)
Very good	735 (21.9%)
Good	886 (26.4%)
Fair	1378 (41.0%)
Poor	152 (4.5%)
No. of chronic diseases
0	2194 (65.3%)
1	830 (24.7%)
2	239 (7.1%)
3	83 (2.5%)
4	12 (0.4%)
5	2 (0.1%)
Mean age (SD)*	43.4 (17.05)

*Data are presented as mean (SD).
^†Hukou: household registration; resident with hukou: permanent resident. Resident without hukou: temporary resident without local household registration but lived in the city ≥6 months. Nonresident without hukou: temporary resident without local household registration and lived in the city <6 months.
^#UEBMI: urban employee basic medical insurance; URBMI: urban resident basic medical insurance; NCMS: new cooperative medical scheme.