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Table 3 Changes in healthcare service utilization rate of people with hypertension in China, 2011–2018 [n (%)]

From: Changing inequity in health service utilization and financial burden among patients with hypertension in China: evidence from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), 2011–2018

Variables

healthcare service utilization rate

One-month outpatient service utilization rate

One-year inpatient service utilization rate

2011 wave

2013 wave

2015 wave

2018 wave

2011 wave

2013 wave

2015 wave

2018 wave

Total

966 (23.0%)

1289 (25.4%)

1057 (22.4%)

1298 (20.4%)

620 (14.5%)

993 (19.2%)

955 (19.9%)

1543 (24.3%)

Socioeconomic group

 Quintile1 (lowest)

128 (19.3%)

153 (23.2%)

120 (18.9%)

179 (17.5%)

56 (8.4%)

95 (14.2%)

91 (14.3%)

194 (18.9%)

 Quintile2

161 (25.1%)

155 (23.8%)

146 (23.5%)

204 (18.3%)

81 (12.5%)

97 (14.6%)

93 (14.8%)

251 (22.6%)

 Quintile3

164 (22.9%)

148 (23.8%)

131 (22.6%)

194 (17.5%)

97 (13.4%)

106 (16.8%)

116 (19.8%)

251 (22.7%)

 Quintile4

178 (24.7%)

187 (27.5%)

140 (21.5%)

261 (22.3%)

113 (15.4%)

149 (21.6%)

148 (22.2%)

326 (27.9%)

 Quintile5 (highest)

176 (22.1%)

193 (28.1%)

153 (24.4%)

268 (24.4%)

168 (20.5%)

172 (24.2%)

158 (24.4%)

292 (26.6%)

\({\upchi }^{2}\)

8.1

7.6

6.6

27.6 ***

47.8 ***

35.6 ***

33.2 ***

30.6 ***

  1. ***p < 0.001
  2. **p < 0.01
  3. *p < 0.05 significance test