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Table 2 Characteristics of outpatients by city- and county-level hospitals

From: Exploring pathways to outpatients’ satisfaction with health care in Chinese public hospitals in urban and rural areas using patient-reported experiences

 

Total (N = 4782)

City-level hospitals (N = 1686)

County-level hospitals (N = 3096)

n

%

n

%

n

%

Sex

 Men

1957

40.9

704

41.8

1253

40.5

 Women

2825

59.1

982

58.2

1843

59.5

Age group

  ≤ 44 years

3111

65.1

1143

67.8

1968

63.6

 45–64 years

1125

23.5

358

21.2

767

24.8

  ≥ 65 years

546

11.4

185

11.0

361

11.7

Education level

 Below primary school

771

16.1

209

12.4

562

18.2

 Primary school

641

13.4

184

10.9

457

14.8

 Middle school

1327

27.7

432

25.6

895

28.9

 High school

702

14.7

280

16.6

422

13.6

 College and above

1341

28.0

581

34.5

760

24.5

Income groupa

 First group (lowest)

1809

37.8

516

30.6

1293

41.8

 Second group

2043

42.7

749

44.4

1294

41.8

 Third group

760

15.9

352

20.9

408

13.2

 Fourth group (highest)

74

1.5

35

2.1

39

1.3

 Cannot tell

96

2.0

34

2.0

62

2.0

  1. aThe annual household income of the first income group: < 30,000 Chinese yuan, the second group: 30,000–80,000 Chinese yuan, the third group: 80,000–300,000 Chinese yuan, and the fourth group: ≥ 300,000 Chinese yuan
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International Journal for Equity in Health

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