Table 4 Attributes of care provided by a physician as a usual source of care (USC) by type of institution on the 2012 Korea Health Panel
Attributes of care provided by a physician as a USC | Types of institution of physicians as a USC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Primary care clinic | Community hospital | General or university hospital | |||
1,861 (100) | 1,225 (100) | 322 (100) | 314 (100) | P | ||
Comprehensiveness; frequency (%) | Very good | 162 (8.7) | 110 (9.0) | 25 (8.2) | 27 (8.0) | <0.001 |
Good | 1,093 (58.4) | 703 (57.7) | 206 (61.8) | 184 (58.2) | ||
Fair | 362 (19.5) | 250 (19.8) | 51 (17.5) | 61 (20.3) | ||
Poor | 154 (8.3) | 106 (8.7) | 21 (6.1) | 27 (8.9) | ||
Very poor | 90 (5.1) | 56 (4.8) | 19 (6.5) | 15 (4.6) | ||
Coordination; frequency (%) | Very good | 89 (5.4) | 52 (4.9) | 23 (8.3) | 14 (4.8) | <0.001 |
Good | 541 (29.1) | 331 (27.9) | 113 (31.9) | 97 (30.7) | ||
Fair | 435 (23.1) | 281 (22.7) | 76 (24.4) | 78 (23.1) | ||
Poor | 343 (17.7) | 240 (18.4) | 50 (15.7) | 53 (17.2) | ||
Very poor | 453 (24.7) | 321 (26.1) | 60 (19.7) | 72 (24.2) | ||
Longitudinal duration of physician-patient relationship (year) (median ± IQR) | 5.0 ± 7.0 | 6.0 ± 7.0 | 5.0 ± 7.0 | 5.0 ± 7.0 | 0.077 | |