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Table 1 Basic characteristic of enrolled patients by facilities grouped by service scope, 2017

From: Association between service scope of primary care facilities and prevalence of high-cost population: a retrospective study in rural Guizhou, China

Variable

Overall

HC (5%)

general (95%)

P value

HC (1%)

general (99%)

P value

HC (10%)

general (90%)

P value

Age group

299,633

14,981

284,652

<  0.001

2996

296,637

<  0.001

29,963

269,670

<  0.001

  < 18

56,322 (18.8)

1728 (11.5)

54,594 (19.2)

 

315 (10.5)

56,007 (18.8)

 

3733 (12.5)

52,589 (19.5)

 

 18–29

33,030 (11.0)

1692 (11.3)

31,338 (11.0)

 

310 (10.4)

32,720 (11.0)

 

3450 (11.5)

29,580 (11.0)

 

 30–44

49,123 (16.4)

2932 (19.6)

46,191 (16.2)

 

614 (20.5)

48,509 (16.4)

 

5802 (19.4)

43,321 (16.1)

 

 45–64

92,353 (30.8)

5285 (35.3)

87,068 (30.6)

 

1093 (36.5)

91,260 (30.8)

 

10,277 (34.3)

82,076 (30.4)

 

  > 64

68,805 (23.0)

3344 (22.3)

65,461 (23.0)

 

664 (22.1)

68,141 (23.0)

 

6701 (22.3)

62,104 (23.0)

 

Gender (%)

   

0.014

  

0.137

  

<  0.001

 Male

125,103 (41.7)

6110 (40.8)

118,993 (41.8)

 

1211 (40.4)

123,892 (41.8)

 

12,149 (40.6)

112,954 (41.9)

 

 Female

174,530 (58.3)

8871 (59.2)

165,659 (58.2)

 

1785 (59.6)

172,745 (58.2)

 

17,814 (59.4)

156,716 (58.1)

 

Poverty (%)

   

<  0.001

  

0.041

  

<  0.001

 Yes

40,696 (13.6)

2248 (15.0)

38,448 (13.5)

 

445 (14.9)

40,251 (13.6)

 

4342 (14.5)

36,354 (13.5)

 

 No

258,937 (86.4)

12,733 (85.0)

246,204 (86.5)

 

2551 (85.1)

256,386 (86.4)

 

25,621 (85.5)

233,316 (86.5)

 

Referral (%)

   

<  0.001

  

<  0.001

  

<  0.001

 Yes

18,424 (6.2)

6144 (41.0)

12,280 (4.3)

 

1551 (51.8)

16,873 (5.7)

 

9683 (32.3)

8741 (3.2)

 

 No

281,209 (93.8)

8837 (59.0)

272,372 (95.7)

 

1445 (48.2)

279,764 (94.3)

 

20,280 (67.7)

260,929 (96.8)

 

Length of stay*

6 (4,8)

6 (4,8)

6 (4,8)

0.492

6 (4,8)

6 (4,8)

0.838

6 (4,8)

6 (4,8)

0.193

  1. Note: *, Median (p25, p75) was reported. HC high-cost