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Table 1 Distribution (%) of participant characteristics within service delivery models

From: Comparison of patient perceived primary care quality in public clinics, public hospitals and private clinics in rural China

Characteristics

Total n = 3435 (100%)

Public clinics n = 1014 (29.5%)

Public hospitals n = 1072 (31.2%)

Private clinics n = 1349 (39.3%)

P valuea Differences between facilities

Gender

 Male

46.1

46.4

44.0

47.7

0.202

 Female

53.9

53.6

56.0

52.3

 

Age Mean (SD) years

59.72 (11.11)

60.38 (11.34)

60.14 (10.93)

58.90 (11.04)

 

 18–59 years old

52.7

49.9

51.1

56.0

0.006

  ≥ 60 years old

47.3

50.1

48.9

44.0

 

Education

 Illiterate

33.5

32.2

32.9

35.0

0.069

 Primary school or less

46.0

46.6

47.6

44.2

 

 Secondary school

15.5

15.5

13.8

16.9

 

 High school or above

5.0

5.6

5.7

3.9

 

Income quintile

 Poorest

23.8

22.5

21.0

27.1

<0.001

 Q2

24.8

21.3

21.0

30.4

 

 Q3

20.0

22.3

17.8

19.9

 

 Q4

20.1

22.9

21.4

17.1

 

 Richest

11.3

11.1

18.8

5.5

 

Self-rated health

    

0.164

 Lower level

69.0

67.9

68.1

71.1

 

 Higher level

30.8

32.1

31.9

28.9

 

Chronic conditions

 0

53.8

53.0

47.4

59.5

<0.001

 1

30.9

32.6

32.8

28.1

 

 2 or above

15.3

14.4

19.8

12.4

 

Insurance

 Yes

96.6

97.8

95.1

96.8

0.003

 No

3.4

2.2

4.9

3.2

 
  1. Percentage reported excludes those with missing data
  2. a P value based on Chi-square tests