Table 3 Characteristics of the surveyed patients
Characteristic | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Region | ||
 Eastern province | 893 | 33.5 |
 Central province | 885 | 33.2 |
 Western province | 887 | 33.2 |
Gender | ||
 Male | 1002 | 37.6 |
 Female | 1663 | 62.4 |
Age | ||
 <  45 | 33 | 1.2 |
 45–59 | 483 | 18.1 |
 60–74 | 1533 | 57.5 |
 >  75 | 616 | 23.1 |
Marital Status | ||
 Married | 2138 | 80.2 |
 Other | 527 | 19.8 |
Level of Education | ||
 Primary or lower | 2090 | 78.4 |
 Junior high school | 462 | 17.3 |
 Senior high school or above | 113 | 4.2 |
Insurance type | ||
 Medical Insurance for Urban Employees | 72 | 2.7 |
 Medical Insurance for Urban Residents | 191 | 7.2 |
 Basic Medical Insurance for Urban and Rural Residents | 636 | 23.9 |
 New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme | 1741 | 65.3 |
 Other | 25 | 0.9 |
Per-Capita Annual Household Income | ||
 1 (≤ 1000 yuan) | 571 | 21.4 |
 2 (1000–2160 yuan) | 496 | 18.6 |
 3 (2161–4000 yuan) | 549 | 20.6 |
 4 (4001–10,000 yuan) | 557 | 20.9 |
 5 (> 10,000 yuan) | 492 | 18.5 |
Distance from the nearest medical and health service institutions | ||
 <  1 km | 2075 | 77.9 |
 1–2.99 km | 550 | 20.6 |
 ≥ 3 km | 40 | 1.5 |
Course of disease | ||
 ≤ 3 years | 600 | 22.5 |
 4–10 years | 1248 | 46.8 |
 11–20 years | 664 | 24.9 |
 >  20 years | 153 | 5.7 |
Self-reported health status | ||
 Bad | 624 | 23.4 |
 Neither good nor bad | 1800 | 67.5 |
 Good | 241 | 9.0 |
Blood pressure | ||
 Controlled | 1699 | 63.8 |
 Uncontrolled | 966 | 36.2 |
No. of visits in the past year | ||
 < 4 | 1251 | 46.9 |
 ≥ 4 | 1414 | 53.1 |