The effects of family physician-contracted service on health-related quality of life and equity in health in China

Lai, Sha; Lu, Li; Zhou, Zhongliang; Shen, Chi; Yang, Xiaowei; Zhao, Yaxin; Zhang, Xiaolong

doi:10.1186/s12939-020-01348-4

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 1 Characteristics of respondents among those with and without a contracted family physician before and after data matching

From: The effects of family physician-contracted service on health-related quality of life and equity in health in China

		Before Matching					After Matching
Variables		With contracted family physician		Without contracted family physician		P^a	With contracted family physician		Without contracted family physician		P^a
Variables		N	%	N	%	P^a	N	%	N	%	P^a
Sex	Male^b	1690	47.53	1425	48.35	0.505	1093	44.98	981	44.98	1.000
Sex	Female	1866	52.47	1522	51.65		1337	55.02	1201	55.02
Age group (year)	15–44^b	1013	28.49	1085	36.82	< 0.001	724	29.79	650	29.79	1.000
	45–59	1220	34.31	1010	34.27		795	32.72	714	32.72
	60 and above	1323	37.20	852	28.91		911	37.49	818	37.49
Chronic conditions	No^b	2226	62.60	2031	68.92	< 0.001	1616	66.50	1451	66.50	1.000
Chronic conditions	Yes	1330	37.40	916	31.08		814	33.50	731	33.50
Economic status	Poorest^b	746	20.98	559	18.97	< 0.001	544	22.39	488	22.39	1.000
	Poorer	803	22.58	495	16.80		592	24.36	532	24.36
	Middle	755	21.23	544	18.46		457	18.81	410	18.81
	Richer	754	21.20	730	24.77		496	20.41	445	20.41
	Richest	498	14.00	619	21.00		341	14.03	306	14.03
Educational level	Primary or below^b	1273	35.80	681	23.11	< 0.001	887	36.50	796	36.50	1.000
	Junior middle school	1345	37.82	1061	36.00		967	39.79	868	39.79
	Senior middle school	600	16.87	687	23.31		345	14.20	310	14.20
	College or above	338	9.51	518	17.58		231	9.51	207	9.51
Marital status	Unmarried^b	248	6.97	248	8.42	0.040	107	4.40	96	4.40	1.000
	Married	2989	84.06	2465	83.64		2181	89.75	1958	89.75
	Other	319	8.97	234	7.94		142	5.84	128	5.84
Employment status	Employed	1953	54.92	1694	57.48	0.038	1383	56.91	1242	56.91	1.000
Employment status	Unemployed^b	1603	45.08	1253	42.52		1047	43.09	940	43.09
Basic medical insurance	UEBMI^b	549	15.44	901	30.57	< 0.001	437	17.98	392	17.98	1.000
Basic medical insurance	URRBMI	3007	84.56	2046	69.43		1993	82.02	1790	82.02
Commercial insurance	No^b	3096	87.06	2559	86.83	0.784	2255	92.80	2025	92.80	1.000
Commercial insurance	Yes	460	12.94	388	13.17		175	7.20	157	7.20
Minimum travel time to the nearest health-care facility, N (%)	Within 15 min	3328	93.59	2751	93.35	0.697	2351	96.75	2111	96.75	1.000
	More than 15 min^b	228	6.41	196	6.65		79	3.25	71	3.25
Residential areas	Urban	1507	42.38	2499	84.80	< 0.001	1237	50.91	1111	50.91	1.000
Residential areas	Rural^b	2049	57.62	448	15.20		1193	49.09	1071	49.09
Total		3556		2947			2430		2182

UEBMI Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance, URRBMI Urban-Rural Resident Basic Medical Insurance
^aChi-square test is used for balance checking between two groups
^bReference levels in the Tobit regression

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