From: Having a family doctor was associated with lower utilization of hospital-based health services
 | Total | RFD | ORD | NRD |
---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 3148) | (n = 1150) | (n = 746) | (n = 1157) | |
mean ± s.d, (% of subjects) | ||||
Monthly consultation rate*†| 0.71 ± 1.53 | 0.85 ± 1.73 | 0.85 ± 1.60 | 0.49 ± 1.26 |
 | (33.6%) | (39.1%) | (38.3%) | (25.2%) |
  - Western medicine doctors*†‡ | 0.43 ± 1.00 | 0.61 ± 1.22 | 0.50 ± 1.06 | 0.20 ± 0.62 |
 | (24.7%) | (33.6%) | (28.5%) | (13.5%) |
 - Western medicine family doctors*†‡ | 0.21 ± 0.75 | 0.50 ± 1.10 | 0.06 ± 0.41 | 0.03 ± 0.26 |
 | (12.8%) | (30.1%) | (3.5%) | (2.0%) |
 - Western medicine regular but not family doctors*†‡ | 0.22 ± 0.65 | 0.11 ± 0.40 | 0.44 ± 0.98 | 0.17 ± 0.56 |
 | (14.4%) | (8.9%) | (26.1%) | (11.9%) |
 - Chinese medicine practitioner*†‡ | 0.24 ± 1.03 | 0.24 ± 1.04 | 0.32 ± 1.12 | 0.19 ± 0.97 |
 | (9.6%) | (10.0%) | (12.5%) | (7.5%) |
 - Hospital emergency service†‡ | 0.06 ± 0.45 | 0.05 ± 0.56 | 0.08 ± 0.47 | 0.05 ± 0.29 |
 | (3.7%) | (2.3%) | (5.2%) | (3.8%) |
Monthly Hospital admission rate | 0.01 ± 0.14 | 0.01 ± 0.14 | 0.02 ± 0.15 | 0.01 ± 0.13 |
 | (1.2%) | (1.0%) | (1.3%) | (1.1%) |