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Table 1 The socio-demographic states and health care service utilization between the contracted and un-contracted patients

From: Effect of family doctor contract services on patient perceived quality of primary care in southern China

Variables

Scales

Total

(NO. %; n = 828)

Contracted

(NO.%; n = 453)

Un-contracted

(NO. % n = 375)

χ2

p-value

Socio-demographic characteristics

 gender

Male

310 (37.4)

174 (38.4)

136 (36.3)

0.40

0.564

Female

518 (62.6)

279 (61.6)

239 (63.7)

  

 Age

18–34

55 (6.6)

17 (3.8)

38 (10.1)

38.11

< 0.001

35–59

237 (28.6)

102 (22.5)

135 (36.0)

  

≥60

536 (64.7)

334 (73.7)

202 (53.9)

  

 Marital status

Yes

150 (18.1)

80 (17.7)

70 (18.7)

0.14

0.718

No

678 (81.9)

373 (82.3)

305 (81.3)

  

 Education

Junior high and lower

580 (70.0)

360 (79.5)

220 (58.7)

42.32

0.000

Senior high and above

248 (30.0)

93 (20.5)

155 (41.3)

  

 Family monthly income

≥3000 RMB

532 (64.3)

320 (70.6)

212 (56.5)

17.77

0.000

< 3000 RMB

296 (35.7)

133 (29.4)

163 (43.5)

  

Service utilization

 Self-evaluated physical health

Good

283 (34.2)

149 (32.9)

134 (35.7)

0.73

0.418

Fair and poor

545 (65.8)

304 (67.1)

241 (64.3)

  

 Patient satisfaction

Satisfied

621 (75)

354 (78.1)

267 (71.2)

5.28

0.024

Unsatisfied

207 (25)

99 (21.9)

108 (28.8)

  

 Proportion of medical expenditures to total Family expenditures

< 10%

358 (43.2)

212 (46.8)

146 (38.9)

5.17

0.024

10%以上

470 (56.8)

241 (53.2)

229 (61.1)

  

 Chronic conditions

yes

434 (52.4)

248 (54.7)

186 (49.6)

3.27

0.195

no

393 (47.5)

205 (45.3)

188 (50.1)

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