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Table 1 Prevalence and outpatient use by patients with diabetes mellitus in 2008 and 2013

From: Impact of health workforce availability on health care seeking behavior of patients with diabetes mellitus in China

 

2008

2013

Urban

Rural

Total

Urban

Rural

Total

Age-standardized prevalence (mean‰ [mean ± SD])

All

27.5 (26.6, 28.4)

4.8 (4.5, 5.1)

10.7 (10.1, 11.3)

49.5 (42.4, 56.6)

21.8 (19.7, 23.9)

35.2 (32.0, 38.4)

East

30.8 (28.5, 33.1)

19.6 (17.4, 21.8)

26.6 (24.5, 28.7)

57.9 (50.7, 65.1)

29.8 (27.6, 32.0)

44.1 (41.3, 26.9)

Central

28.8 (25.6, 32.0)

15.8 (14.3, 17.3)

18.2 (15.6, 20.8)

49.5 (41.6, 57.4)

36.0 (32.4, 39.6)

35.8 (31.6, 40.0)

West

20.8 (18.7, 22.9)

7.8 (7.2, 8.4)

8.7 (7.9, 9.5)

39.5 (35.4, 43.6)

12.7 (9.7, 15.7)

25.1 (21.7, 28.5)

Rate of previous 2-week outpatient visits (mean% [mean ± SD])

All

15.1 (14.6–15.6)

12.3 (11.8–12.8)

14.3 (13.7–14.9)

13.2 (12.7–13.7)

11.3 (10.8–11.8)

12.5 (12.0–13.0)

East

15.6 (15.0–16.2)

16.3 (15.7–16.9)

15.8 (15.2–16.4)

15.6 (15.0–16.2)

13.8 (13.3–14.3)

14.9 (14.3–15.5)

Central

13.8 (13.2–14.4)

8.6 (8.1–9.1)

12.3 (11.7–12.9)

10.7 (10.3–11.1)

8.2 (7.8–8.6)

9.7 (9.3–10.1)

West

15.4 (14.8–16.0)

10.5 (10.0–11.0)

14.5 (13.9–15.1)

13.3 (12.8–13.8)

11.8 (11.3–12.3)

12.8 (12.3–13.3)

percentage of outpatient visits to PHCs (%)

All

44.5

74.5

67.3

52.7

72.9

66.3

East

39.3

65.8

48.8

49.6

68.5

55.1

Central

48.8

74.6

53.6

53.6

72.5

67.1

West

56.1

76.6

75.6

60.5

76.7

75.2