Table 1 Patients characteristics, health status, health utilization and patient visits’ characteristics between the two groups
Familiar (N = 243) | Unfamiliar (N = 202) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Sex | 0.185 | ||||
Male | 92 | 37.9 | 89 | 44.1 | |
Female | 151 | 62.1 | 113 | 55.9 | |
Age(years) | < 0.001 | ||||
< 45 | 11 | 4.5 | 65 | 32.2 | |
45–65 | 111 | 45.7 | 90 | 44.6 | |
> 65 | 121 | 49.8 | 47 | 23.3 | |
Marital status | < 0.001 | ||||
Unmarried | 0 | 0 | 21 | 10.4 | |
Married | 201 | 82.7 | 171 | 84.7 | |
Divorced or widowed | 42 | 17.3 | 10 | 5.0 | |
Education | < 0.001 | ||||
Primary school or below | 121 | 49.81 | 80 | 39.6 | |
Middle/high school | 95 | 39.1 | 69 | 26.2 | |
Bachelor’s degree or above | 27 | 11.1 | 53 | 26.2 | |
Employment status | < 0.001 | ||||
Employed | 21 | 8.6 | 85 | 42.1 | |
Retired | 207 | 85.2 | 98 | 48.5 | |
Unemployed | 15 | 6.2 | 19 | 9.4 | |
Monthly household Income (CNY) | < 0.001 | ||||
< 5000 | 199 | 81.9 | 125 | 61.9 | |
5000–10,000 | 32 | 13.2 | 46 | 22.8 | |
> 10,000 | 12 | 4.9 | 31 | 15.3 | |
Household status | < 0.001 | ||||
Local | 225 | 92.6 | 136 | 67.3 | |
Non-Local, residence time > 6 months | 18 | 7.4 | 59 | 29.2 | |
Non-Local, residence time < 6 months | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | |
Social medical insurance (N = 432) | < 0.001 | ||||
Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance | 189 | 78.4 | 106 | 55.5 | |
Urban Residence Basic Medical Insurance | 38 | 15.8 | 19 | 9.9 | |
Basic Medical Insurance | 9 | 3.7 | 49 | 25.7 | |
Others (new rural cooperative medical system) | 5 | 2.1 | 4 | 2.1 | |
Without Medical Insurance | 0 | 0 | 13 | 6.8 | |
Health status | 0.024 | ||||
Poor | 34 | 14.0 | 13 | 6.4 | |
General | 134 | 55.4 | 114 | 56.4 | |
Good | 74 | 30.6 | 75 | 37.1 | |
Chronic diseases | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 213 | 87.7 | 116 | 57.4 | |
No | 30 | 12.3 | 86 | 42.6 | |
Number of visits in the CHC in last year | < 0.001 | ||||
1–2 | 5 | 2.1 | 56 | 27.7 | |
≥ 3 | 238 | 97.9 | 146 | 72.3 | |
Having a family doctor | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 164 | 68.6 | 55 | 32.7 | |
No | 75 | 31.4 | 113 | 67.3 | |
Reasons for visits | < 0.001 | ||||
Acute illness | 73 | 30.0 | 115 | 56.9 | |
Chronic disease: follow up or refill a prescription | 145 | 59.7 | 67 | 33.2 | |
Chronic disease: flare up | 4 | 1.6 | 5 | 2.5 | |
Counseling for well care or disease care | 20 | 8.2 | 10 | 5.0 | |
Others (health examination, rehabilitation, etc | 1 | 0.4 | 5 | 2.5 | |