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Table 2 Patient characteristics: intervention vs. control counties

From: Integrated care delivery and health care seeking by chronically-ill patients – a case-control study of rural Henan province, China

 

Intervention group (Xi County)

Control group (Huaibin County)

 

Total N

CHC 1

CHC 2

Hospital

Total N

CHC 1

CHC 2

Hospital

  

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Sample Size

199

50

57

92

172

46

46

80

Gender

        

 Male

92(46.23)

24(48)

26(45.61)

42(45.65)

70(40.70)

27(58.7)

30(65.22)

13(16.25)

 Female

107(53.77)

26(52)

31(54.39)

50(54.35)

102(59.30)

19(41.3)

16(34.78)

67(83.75)

Age(Mean)

67.37(4.63)

61.5(1.22)

78.89(16.01)

63.41(1.10)

66.42(5.33)

61.13(1.35)

79.98(19.79)

61.68(1.28)

Marital Status

        

 Married

176(88.44)

44(88)

49(85.96)

83(90.22)

157(91.28)

44(95.65)

39(84.78)

74(92.5)

 Divorced/widowed

23(11.56)

6(12)

8(14.04)

9(9.78)

15(8.72)

2(4.35)

7(15.22)

6(7.5)

Residence Status***

        

 Registered resident

188(94.47)

47(94)

51(89.47)

90(97.83)

105(61.05)

24(52.17)

40(86.96)

41(51.25)

 Non-registered resident

11(5.53)

3(6)

6(10.53)

2(2.17)

67(38.95)

22(47.83)

6(13.04)

39(48.75)

Current Occupation***

        

 Farmer

173(86.93)

48(96)

53(92.98)

72(78.26)

110(63.95)

46(100)

39(84.78)

25(31.25)

 Others

26(13.07)

2(4)

4(7.02)

20(21.74)

62(36.05)

0(0)

7(15.22)

55(68.75)

Highest Education**

        

 Primary school or below

146(73.37)

40(80)

45(78.95)

61(66.3)

103(59.88)

30(65.22)

32(69.57)

41(51.25)

 Middle school or above

53(26.63)

10(20)

12(21.05)

31(33.7)

69(40.12)

16(34.78)

14(30.43)

39(48.75)

Per Capita Annual Income RMB (Mean)*

21981.9(1838.36)

19092.00

23592.98

22554.33

17291.98(1416.25)

8665.22

21573.91

19790.25

Type of Health Insurance***

        

 New rural cooperative medical insurance

177(88.94)

50(100)

57(100)

70(76.09)

116(67.44)

45(97.83)

44(95.65)

27(33.75)

 Uninsured/self-pay/urban social insurance for workers/residents/public insurance

22(11.06)

0(0)

0(0)

22(23.91)

56(32.56)

1(2.17)

2(4.35)

53(66.25)

Current Health Status**

        

 Excellent/very good/good

22(11.06)

8(16)

7(12.28)

7(7.61)

36(20.93)

17(36.96)

8(17.39)

11(13.75)

 Fair/poor

177(88.94)

42(84)

50(87.72)

85(92.39)

136(79.07)

29(63.04)

38(82.61)

69(86.25)

Chronic Conditions

        

 Hypertension or high blood pressure

152(76.38)

44(88)

45(78.95)

63(68.48)

138(80.23)

43(93.48)

38(82.61)

57(71.25)

 Heart disease

60(30.15)

24(48)

10(17.54)

26(28.26)

50(29.24)

21(45.65)

8(17.39)

21(26.25)

 Diabetes

83(41.71)

22(44)

21(36.84)

40(43.48)

77(45.29)

12(26.09)

13(28.26)

52(65)

 Strokea

3(1.51)

2(4)

0(0)

1(1.09)

14(8.19)

3(6.52)

1(2.17)

10(12.5)

 Lung problems

14(7.04)

7(14)

1(1.75)

6(6.52)

11(6.40)

0(0)

6(13.04)

5(6.25)

 Mental health problemsa

5(2.51)

1(2)

1(1.75)

3(3.26)

2(1.16)

1(2.17)

1(2.17)

0(0)

 Cancera

2(1.01)

1(2)

0(0)

1(1.09)

1(0.58)

0(0)

1(2.17)

0(0)

 Joint pain or arthritis

39(19.60)

18(36)

10(17.54)

11(11.96)

48(27.91)

7(15.22)

15(32.61)

26(32.5)

 Othera

7(3.52)

1(2)

3(5.26)

3(3.26)

1(0.58)

0(0)

1(2.17)

0(0)

Number of Chronic Conditions

1.83(0.07)

2.4(0.15)

1.6(0.13)

1.67(0.09)

1.99(0.07)

1.89(0.12)

1.83(0.18)

2.14(0.08)

  1. *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 based on t test continuous measures and Chi square test for categorical measures
  2. aChi square test was not available for variables with cell sample size less than 5