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Table 1 Characteristics of unsigned rural patients with chronic diseases in Shandong, China, 2018 (N = 769)

From: Willingness of patients with chronic disease in rural China to contract with family doctors: implication for targeting characteristics

Characteristics

Frequency (%)

Willingness to contract with FDsa

P

No

Yes

Observations

769(100.00)

410(53.32)

359(46.68)

 

Gender

   

0.008

 Male

323(42.00)

154(47.68)

169(52.32)

 

 Female

446(58.00)

256(57.40)

190(42.60)

 

Age (years)

   

0.131

  < 65

419(54.49)

213(50.84)

206(49.16)

 

  > =65

350(45.51)

197(56.29)

153(43.71)

 

Education level

   

0.121

 Illiterate

275(35.76)

157(57.09)

118(43.00)

 

 Primary school

254(33.03)

140(55.12)

114(44.88)

 

 Junior middle school

182(23.67)

87(47.80)

95(52.20)

 

 Senior high school or above

58(7.54)

26(44.83)

32(54.69)

 

Employment status

   

0.452

 Unemployed

220(28.61)

122(55.45)

98(44.55)

 

 Employed

549(71.39)

288(52.46)

261(47.54)

 

Marital status

   

0.667

 Married

640(83.22)

339(52.97)

301(47.03)

 

 Single/divorce/widow

129(16.78)

71(55.04)

63(44.96)

 

Health insurance

   

0.549

 None

13(1.69)

8(64.29)

5(35.71)

 

 Have

756(98.31)

402(53.55)

354(46.45)

 

Household incomeb

   

0.857

 Q1

195(25.42)

100(51.28)

95(48.72)

 

 Q2

189(24.64)

103(54.50)

86(45.50)

 

 Q3

194(25.29)

101(52.06)

93(47.94)

 

 Q4

189(24.64)

104(55.03)

85(44.97)

 

Distance to the village clinic

   

0.147

 0–199 m

214(27.83)

128(59.81)

86(40.19)

 

 200–399 m

219(28.48)

108(49.32)

111(50.68)

 

 400–599 m

159(20.68)

82(51.57)

77(48.43)

 

 More than 600 m

177(23.02)

92(51.98)

85(48.02)

 

Awareness of FDCSc

   

0.006

 Never heard of it

596(77.50)

336(53.84)

260(46.16)

 

 Know little about it

147(19.12)

64 (43.54)

83(56.46)

 

 Know it well

26(3.38)

10(38.46)

16(61.54)

 

Publicity of FDCS

   

<0.001

 No

650(84.53)

365(56.15)

285(43.85)

 

 Yes

119(15.47)

45(37.82)

74(62.18)

 

Self-rated health status

   

0.432

 Good

209(27.18)

106(50.72)

103(49.28)

 

 Fair

305(39.66)

160(52.46)

145(47.54)

 

 Bad

255(33.16)

144(56.47)

111(43.53)

 

The number of chronic diseases

0.593

 1

530(72.14)

286(53.96)

244(46.04)

 

  > =2

239(27.86)

124(51.88)

115(48.12)

 

Referrals to specialists

<0.001

 No

458(59.56)

303(66.16)

155(33.84)

 

 Yes

311(40.44)

107(34.41)

204(65.59)

 

Chronic disease management programs

<0.001

 No

446(58.00)

314(70.40)

132(29.60)

 

 Yes

323(42.00)

96(29.72)

227(70.28)

 

Higher MI reimbursement ratesd

<0.001

 No

491(57.23)

341(69.45)

150(30.55)

 

 Yes

367(42.77)

120(32.70)

247(63.70)

 
  1. Note: a FDs indicates family doctors; b Quartile 1 (Q1) is the poorest and Quartile 4 (Q4) is the richest; c FDCS indicates family doctor contract service; d MI indicates medical insurance