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Table 2 Results of chi-square tests on consultation-related factors

From: Risk factors for the frequent attendance of older patients at community health service centers in China: a cross-sectional study based on stratified sampling

Variable

Group

Total number

FAs (n(%))

X2

P-value

First consultation choice

Community health service center

537

145(0.27)

8.309

< 0.01

Other medical institutions

82

10(0.12)

  

Frequency of consultations to at general hospitals

Seldom

289

56(0.19)

9.263

< 0.01

≥1 time a year

110

33(0.30)

  

≥1 time a month

220

66(0.30)

  

Consultation frequency of spouses (times/month)

< 4

540

107(0.20)

61.554

< 0.01

≥4

79

48(0.61)

  

Clinic type

Western medicine

517

117(0.23)

13.723

< 0.01

Traditional Chinese medicine

65

20(0.31)

  

Both

37

18(0.49)

  

Consultation to at fixed clinics

seldom

306

53(0.17)

20.632

< 0.01

Often

149

44(0.29)

  

Always

164

58(0.35)

  

Signed family doctor service

No

307

65(0.21)

4.854

0.028

Yes

312

90(0.29)