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Table 2 Comparison of primary care assessment score among adult patients between WM hospital and TTM hospital

From: Primary care quality between Traditional Tibetan Medicine and Western Medicine Hospitals: a pilot assessment in Tibet

Scales

WM Score Mean(SE)

TTM Score Mean(SE)

P value

First contact and continuity

83.64(0.78)

86.70(0.66)

0.003

Comprehensiveness (medical care)

76.93(1.04)

83.70(0.83)

<0.001

Comprehensiveness (social care)

77.63(0.90)

85.86(0.77)

<0.001

First contact (access)

58.35(1.16)

61.59(1.25)

0.059

Coordination

70.18(1.08)

84.53(0.89)

<0.001

Family Centeredness

80.13(0.85)

87.91(0.60)

<0.001

Community Orientation

66.72(1.13)

67.96(1.08)

0.430

Same doctor

70.59(1.41)

78.00(1.24)

<0.001

Stableness

51.90(1.23)

45.85(1.34)

0.001

Total

74.63(0.58)

80.00(0.44)

<0.001

  1. Note: higher value indicates a more positive experience
  2. WM = Western Medicine; TTM = Traditional Tibetan Medicine; SE = standard error
  3. P-value of t test