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Table 3 Liner regression analysis on primary care assessment score

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

Dependent variable: Primary care achievement (total score)

B (95 % CI)

SE

P value

Health care settings

   

  WM

-

-

-

  TTM

5.00(3.47-6.54)

0.78

<0.001

Health care service utilization

   

Whether inpatient in the past year?

   

  Yes

-

-

-

  No

0.32(-1.46-2.10)

0.91

0.726

Number of PCP visits in the past year

   

  <=3

-

-

-

  > = 4

−1.89(-3.54--0.24)

0.84

0.025

Health Status

Self-rated health

   

  Unhealthy

-

-

-

  Healthy

2.68(0.89-4.47)

0.91

0.003

Socio-demographic characteristics

   

Gender

   

  Male

-

-

-

  Female

0.99(-0.43-2.41)

0.72

0.172

Age

   

  <60 years

-

-

-

  > = 60 years

0.05(-2.24-2.34)

1.17

0.967

Income

   

  = < 30000RMB

-

-

-

  >30000RMB

-0.07(-1.62-1.47)

0.79

0.926

Education

   

  Below junior high school

-

-

-

  Junior high school and above

-1.42(-3.01-0.17)

0.81

0.080

Martial status

   

  Unmarried

-

-

-

  Married

1.44(-0.16-3.05)

0.82

0.078

Occupation

   

  Employed

-

-

-

  Unemployed

1.35(-0.40-3.11)

0.89

0.131

  1. Note: WM = Western Medicine; TTM = Traditional Tibetan Medicine; SE = Standard Error; CI: Confidence interval