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Table 1 Patient characteristics: Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou

From: Community health centers and primary care access and quality for chronically-ill patients – a case-comparison study of urban Guangdong Province, China

 

Shenzhen

Dongguan

Guangzhou

Total N

CHC 1-Xiasha N (%)

CHC 2-Zhulin N (%)

Hospital-Futian N (%)

Total N

CHC 1-Shilong N (%)

CHC 2-Liaobu N (%)

Hospital-Liaobu N (%)

Total N

CHC 1-Fengyuan N (%)

CHC 2-Longjin N (%)

Hospital-Liwan N (%)

Sample Size

180

50

50

80

200

50

50

100

180

50

50

80

Gender**

 Male

100 (55.56)

30 (60.00)

23 (46.00)

47 (58.75)

98 (49.00)

19 (38.00)

21 (42.00)

58 (58.00)

68 (37.78)

22 (44.00)

14 (28.00)

32 (40.00)

 Female

80 (44.44)

20 (40.00)

27 (54.00)

33 (41.25)

102 (51.00)

31 (62.00)

29 (58.00)

42 (42.00)

112 (62.22)

28 (56.00)

36 (72.00)

48 (60.00)

Age (Mean)**

62.36 (8.86)

58.64 (6.94)

61.90 (6.69)

64.96 (10.22)

65.21 (12.84)

65.32 (10.09)

65.85 (9.78)

64.85 (15.16)

65.36 (9.74)

69.82 (10.25)

64.08 (9.15)

63.36 (8.95)

Marital Status*

 Married

168 (93.33)

49 (98.00)

49 (98.00)

70 (87.50)

182 (91.00)

47 (94.00)

44 (88.00)

91 (91.00)

151 (83.89)

39 (78.00)

44 (88.00)

68 (85.00)

 Not married

12 (6.67)

1 (2.00)

1 (2.00)

10 (12.50)

18 (9.00)

3 (6.00)

6 (12.00)

9 (9.00)

29 (16.11)

11 (22.00)

6 (12.00)

12 (15.00)

Residence Status***

 Registered Resident

97 (53.89)

20 (40.00)

33 (66.00)

44 (55.00)

157 (78.50)

49 (98.00)

43 (86.00)

65 (65.00)

136 (75.56)

42 (84.00)

44 (88.00)

50 (62.50)

 Non-registered Resident/Migrant

83 (46.11)

30 (60.00)

17 (34.00)

34 (45.00)

43 (21.50)

1 (2.00)

7 (14.00)

35 (35.00)

44 (24.44)

8 (16.00)

6 (12.00)

30 (37.50)

Current Occupation***

 Enterprise

31 (17.22)

17 (34.00)

3 (6.00)

11 (13.75)

13 (6.50)

1 (2.00)

3 (6.00)

9 (9.00)

7 (3.89)

1 (2.00)

1 (2.00)

5 (6.25)

 Farmer

9 (5.00)

4 (8.00)

1 (2.00)

4 (5.00)

68 (34.00)

9 (18.00)

12 (24.00)

47 (47.00)

5 (2.78)

1 (2.00)

0

4 (5.00)

 Retired

115 (63.89)

21 (42.00)

42 (84.00)

52 (65.00)

86 (43.00)

33 (66.00)

27 (54.00)

26 (26.00)

150 (83.33)

41 (82.00)

43 (86.00)

66 (82.50)

 Other

25 (13.89)

8 (16.00)

4 (8.00)

13 (16.25)

33 (16.50)

7 (14.00)

8 (16.00)

18 (18.00)

18 (10.00)

7 (14.00)

6 (12.00)

5 (6.25)

Highest Education***

 Primary school or below

41 (22.78)

11 (22.00)

11 (22.00)

19 (23.75)

93 (46.50)

27 (54.00)

32 (64.00)

34 (34.00)

45 (25.00)

18 (36.00)

13 (26.00)

14 (17.50)

 Middle school

39 (21.67)

6 (12.00)

17 (34.00)

16 (20.00)

64 (32.00)

18 (36.00)

14 (28.00)

32 (32.00)

53 (29.44)

19 (38.00)

16 (32.00)

18 (22.50)

 High school

47 (26.11)

20 (40.00)

11 (22.00)

16 (20.00)

30 (15.00)

2 (4.00)

3 (6.00)

25 (25.00)

52 (28.99)

8 (16.00)

16 (32.00)

28 (35.00)

 Above high school

53 (29.44)

13 (26.00)

11 (22.00)

29 (36.25)

13 (6.50)

3 (6.00)

1 (2.00)

9 (9.00)

30 (16.67)

5 (10.00)

5 (10.00)

20 (25.00)

Per Capita Income RMB (Mean)***

36639.61 (28780.05)

34179.52 (34143.38)

26984.29 (17961.06)

44405.91 (28832.02)

16791.11 (14935.2)

13940.15 (10496.2)

16027.02 (14949.28)

18436.39 (16439.7)

26119 (19619.62)

32195.57 (27726.08)

21312.93 (16445.85)

25340.83 (13898.95)

Type of Health Insurance***

 Urban Social Insurance for Workers

77 (42.78)

13 (26.00)

18 (36.00)

46 (57.50)

24 (12.00)

9 (18.00)

3 (6.00)

12 (12.00)

86 (47.78)

20 (40.00)

13 (26.00)

53 (66.25)

 Urban Social Insurance for Residents

48 (26.67)

9 (18.00)

23 (46.00)

16 (20.00)

91 (45.50)

25 (50.00)

25 (50.00)

41 (41.00)

72 (40.00)

27 (54.00)

32 (64.00)

13 (16.25)

 Uninsured/Self-pay

14 (7.78)

7 (14.00)

3 (6.00)

4 (5.00)

12 (6.00)

0

2 (4.00)

10 (10.00)

7 (3.89)

1 (2.00)

1 (2.00)

5 (6.25)

 Other

41 (22.78)

21 (42.00)

6 (12.00)

14 (17.50)

73 (36.50)

16 (32.00)

20 (40.00)

37 (37.00)

15 (8.33)

2 (4.00)

4 (8.00)

9 (11.25)

aCurrent Health Status***

 Excellent/Very good/Good

82 (45.56)

32 (64.00)

16 (32.00)

34 (42.50)

110 (55.00)

42 (84.00)

23 (46.00)

45 (45.00)

53 (29.44)

17 (34.00)

14 (28.00)

22 (27.50)

 Fair/Poor

98 (54.44)

18 (36.00)

34 (64.00)

46 (57.50)

90 (45.00)

8 (24.00)

27 (54.00)

55 (55.00)

127 (70.56)

33 (64.00)

36 (72.00)

58 (72.50)

bChronic Conditions

 Hypertension or high blood pressure**

137 (76.11)

46 (92.00)

45 (90.00)

46 (57.50)

154 (77.00)

41 (82.00)

41 (82.00)

72 (72.00)

114 (63.33)

40 (80.00)

41 (82.00)

33 (41.25)

 Diabetes***

62 (34.44)

9 (18.00)

16 (32.00)

37 (46.25)

85 (42.50)

20 (40.00)

18 (36.00)

47 (47.00)

104 (57.78)

16 (32.00)

11 (22.00)

77 (96.25)

 Heart disease*

43 (23.89)

2 (4.00)

11 (22.00)

30 (37.50)

32 (16.00)

8 (16.00)

5 (10.00)

19 (19.00)

49 (27.22)

13 (26.00)

19 (38.00)

17 (21.25)

 Joint pain or arthritis***

33 (18.33)

4 (8.00)

22 (44.00)

7 (8.75)

25 (12.50)

7 (14.00)

10 (20.00)

8 (8.00)

56 (31.11)

18 (36.00)

16 (32.00)

22 (27.50)

 Other

17 (9.44)

5 (10.00)

5 (10.00)

7 (8.75)

11 (5.50)

0

8 (16.00)

3 (3.00)

9 (5.00)

3 (6.00)

4 (8.00)

2 (2.50)

 Lung problems

11 (6.11)

1 (2.00)

6 (12.00)

4 (5.00)

15 (7.50)

1 (2.00)

0

14 (14.00)

15 (8.33)

4 (8.00)

7 (14.00)

4 (5.00)

 Stroke*

4 (2.22)

0

1 (2.00)

3 (3.75)

14 (7.00)

5 (10.00)

2 (4.00)

7 (7.00)

4 (2.22)

3 (6.00)

1 (2.00)

0

 Cancer

1 (0.56)

0

0

1 (1.25)

3 (1.50)

0

1 (2.00)

2 (2.00)

5 (2.78)

1 (2.00)

1 (2.00)

3 (3.75)

 Mental health problems

0

0

0

0

1 (0.50)

0

0

1 (1.00)

2 (1.11)

0

2 (4.00)

0

  1. aParticipants were asked to answer with a 5-category Likert response scale (excellent, very good, good, fair or poor)
  2. bThis variable is a patient’s self-reported measure with a Yes/No response, worded in the questionnaire as follows: Have you ever been told by a doctor or healthcare professional that you have any chronic conditions as listed below
  3. *p < 0.05 **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 based on ANOVA continuous measures and Chi square test for categorical measures for the Total among three cities