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Table 1 Basic characteristics of FDCS among patients with chronic diseases in rural Shandong, China, 2018

From: Family doctor contract services and health-related quality of life among patients with chronic diseases in rural China: what is the role of socioeconomic status?

Characteristic

N (%)

Contracting status

P-value

Yes (%)

No (%)

Observations(%)

1210 (100%)

355 (29.3)

855 (70.7)

 

Age (Years)

   

0.395

  < 50

118 (9.75)

41 (34.8)

77 (65.2)

 

 50–59

284 (23.47)

70 (24.6)

214 (75.4)

 

 60–69

504 (41.65)

143 (71.6)

361 (28.4)

 

  ≥ 70

304 (25.12)

101 (66.8)

203 (33.2)

 

Gender

   

0.003

 Male

534 (44.1)

180 (33.7)

354 (66.3)

 

 Female

676 (55.9)

175 (25.9)

501 (74.1)

 

Educational attainment

   

0.000

 Primary education or below

798 (70.0)

205 (25.7)

593 (74.3)

 

 Junior education

298 (24.6)

100 (33.6)

198 (66.4)

 

 Senior education or above

114 (9.4)

50 (43.9)

64 (56.1)

 

Household income a

   

0.002

 Q1

318 (26.3)

74 (23.3)

244 (76.7)

 

 Q2

287 (23.7)

82 (28.6)

205 (71.4)

 

 Q3

303 (25.0)

95 (31.3)

208 (69.7)

 

 Q4

302 (25.0)

104 (34.4)

198 (65.6)

 

Multiple chronic diseases

   

0.055

 No

855 (70.7)

237 (27.7)

618 (72.3)

 

 Yes

355 (29.3)

118 (33.2)

237 (66.8)

 

Employment status

   

0.058

 Unemployed

372 (30.7)

123 (33.1)

249 (66.9)

 

 Employed

838 (69.3)

232 (27.7)

606 (72.3)

 

Drinking status

   

0.000

 Never drinkers

772 (63.9)

194 (25.1)

578 (74.9)

 

 Former drinkers

155 (12.8)

54 (34.8)

101 (65.2)

 

 Current drinkers

283 (23.3)

106 (37.6)

176 (62.4)

 

Physical exercise

   

0.000

 No

544 (45.0)

122 (22.4)

422 (77.6)

 

 Yes

666 (55.0)

233 (35.0)

433 (65.0)

 

Marital status

   

0.336

 Single

15 (1.2)

3 (20.0)

12 (80.0)

 

 Married

1017 (84.1)

307 (30.2)

710 (69.8)

 

 Others b

178 (14.7)

45 (25.3)

133 (74.7)

 

Family members

   

0.276

 1

132 (10.9)

31 (23.5)

101 (76.5)

 

 2

604 (49.9)

177 (29.3)

427 (70.7)

 

 3

188 (15.6)

62 (33.0)

126 (67.0)

 

  ≥ 4

286 (23.6)

85 (29.7)

201 (70.3)

 
  1. Note: FDCS Family doctor contract services
  2. a Q1 was the poorest and Q4 was the richest
  3. b Others include those who are divorced and widowed