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Table 1 Demographic, socioeconomic, and health measures of respondents in Guangdong Province by type of usual source of care

From: Usual source of care and the quality of primary care: a survey of patients in Guangdong province, China

 

Total

Usual provider of care = Yes

Usual provider of care = No

Usual place of care = Yes

Usual place of care = No

 

(796–864)

(441–471)

(355–393)

(474–500)

(322–364)

 

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

N(%)

Facility**, ****

     

 CHC

459(53.13)

251(53.29)

208(52.93)

303(60.6)

156(42.9)

 Secondary hospital

241(27.89)

114(24.2)

127(32.32)

116(23.2)

125(34.3)

 Tertiary hospital

164(18.98)

106(22.51)

58(14.76)

81(16.2)

83(22.8)

Gender**, ***

     

 Female

511(59.14)

300(63.69)

211(53.69)

313(62.6)

198(54.4)

 Male

353(40.86)

171(36.31)

182(46.31)

187(37.4)

166(45.6)

Age**, ****

     

 <18

125(14.47)

66(14.01)

60(15.27)

48(9.6)

78(21.4)

 18–44

237(27.43)

184(39.07)

192(48.85)

183(36.6)

193(53)

 45–64

376(43.52)

140(29.72)

97(24.68)

165(33)

72(19.8)

 ≥65

126(14.58)

81(17.2)

44(11.2)

104(20.8)

21(5.8)

Marriage****

     

 Single

261(30.21)

143(30.36)

118(30.03)

127(25.4)

134(36.8)

 Married

603(69.79)

328(69.64)

275(69.97)

373(74.6)

230(63.2)

City class**

     

 Rural

351(40.63)

155(32.91)

196(49.87)

199(39.8)

152(41.8)

 Urban

513(59.38)

316(67.09)

197(50.13)

301(60.2)

212(58.2)

Registered****

     

 No

400(46.3)

222(47.13)

178(45.29)

167(33.4)

233(64.01)

 Yes

464(53.7)

249(52.87)

215(54.71)

333(66.6)

131(35.99)

Education

     

 Junior or below

402(47.35)

219(47.2)

183(47.53)

244(49.6)

158(44.3)

 Senior

168(19.79)

95(20.47)

73(18.96)

88(17.9)

80(22.4)

 Technical college

182(21.44)

92(19.83)

90(23.38)

98(19.9)

84(23.5)

 Undergraduate or above

97(11.43)

58(12.5)

39(10.13)

62(12.6)

35(9.8)

Occupation*, ***

     

 Unemployed

438(50.69)

258(54.78)

180(45.8)

255(51)

183(50.3)

 Farmer

101(11.69)

46(9.77)

55(13.99)

71(14.2)

30(8.2)

 Working in urban

325(37.62)

167(35.46)

158(40.2)

174(34.8)

151(41.5)

Income***

     

 Low (≤RMB ¥ 1350)

160(20.1)

77(17.46)

83(23.38)

107(22.57)

53(16.46)

 Median (RMB ¥ 1350–¥ 4560)

475(59.67)

269(61.00)

206(58.03)

282(59.49)

193(59.94)

 High (≥RMB ¥ 4560)

161(20.23)

95(21.54)

66(18.59)

85(17.93)

76(23.60)

Health status*, ****

     

 Less than good

347(40.16)

206(43.74)

141(35.88)

226(45.2)

121(33.2)

 Equal or greater than good

517(59.84)

265(56.26)

252(64.12)

274(54.8)

243(66.8)

Physical/mental problem**, ****

     

 No

661(76.5)

343(72.82)

318(80.92)

359(71.8)

302(83)

 Yes

203(23.5)

128(27.18)

75(19.08)

141(28.2)

62(17)

  1. *P < .05. **P < .01, based on t test of difference between usual provider of care
  2. ***P < .05. ****P < .01, based on t test of difference between usual place of care