Table 1 Comparison of patients’ socio-demographic characteristics and healthcare services use between WM hospital and TTM hospital
Characteristics | WM (%) (n = 332) | TTM (%) (n = 360) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Socio-demographic characteristics | |||
Gender | 0.956 | ||
Male | 163(49.1) | 176(48.9) | |
Female | 169(50.9) | 184(51.1) | |
Age | 0.003 | ||
<60 years | 304(91.6) | 303(84.2) | |
> = 60 years | 28(8.4) | 57(15.8) | |
Education | <0.001 | ||
Below junior high school | 113(34.0) | 231(64.2) | |
Junior high school and above | 219(66.0) | 129(35.8) | |
Occupation | 0.302 | ||
Employed | 251(75.6) | 284(78.9) | |
Unemployed | 81(24.4) | 76(21.1) | |
Income | <0.001 | ||
<=30000RMB | 88(26.5) | 169(46.9) | |
>30000RMB | 244(73.5) | 191(53.1) | |
Marital status | <0.001 | ||
unmarried | 131(39.5) | 75(20.8) | |
married | 201(60.5) | 285(79.2) | |
Health service utilization | |||
Number of PCP visits in the past year | <0.001 | ||
<=3 | 271(81.6) | 242(67.2) | |
> = 4 | 61(18.4) | 118(32.8) | |
Whether inpatient during the past year | 0.085 | ||
Yes | 59(17.8) | 83(23.1) | |
No | 273(82.2) | 277(76.9) | |
Health Status | |||
Self-rated health | 0.981 | ||
Healthy | 218 (65.7) | 230 (63.9) | |
Unhealthy | 114 (34.3) | 130 (36.1) | |