Research Article

Development and Validation of the Tibetan Primary Care Assessment Tool

Table 5

Primary care quality of different settings in Tibet.

ScaleTownship health center score mean (SE)County hospital score mean (SE)Prefecture hospital score mean (SE) value

First contact and continuity95.40 (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
Coordination91.65 (0.73)84.39 (0.91)77.65 (0.75)<0.001
Family centeredness90.34 (0.68)87.93 (0.60)84.18 (0.53)<0.001
Community orientation87.98 (0.87)80.36 (0.85)67.36 (0.78)<0.001
Same doctor66.42 (1.54)70.95 (1.26)74.44 (0.95)<0.001
Stableness45.37 (1.18)43.14 (1.04)48.75 (0.92)0.001

Total86.64 (0.49)82.01 (0.50)77.42 (0.38)<0.001