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Table 2 Individual and total primary care attributes scores reported by respondents by type of healthcare settings

From: Types of health care facilities and the quality of primary care: a study of characteristics and experiences of Chinese patients in Guangdong Province, China

 

Total

County hospital

Rural CHC

Tertiary hospital

Secondary hospital

Urban CHC

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Mean (SE)

Sample size

864

161

190

164

80

269

First Contact-utilization

3.05 (0.64)

3.00 (0.53)

3.13 (0.63)

2.99 (0.67)

3.04 (0.66)

3.06 (0.68)

First Contact-access

2.75 (0.71)

2.55 (0.75)*#

3.03 (0.69)*^@

2.68 (0.72)^

2.90 (0.68)#

2.69 (0.64)@

Ongoing Care

2.67 (0.75)

2.34 (0.76)*#^@

2.73 (0.66)*

2.60 (0.73)#@

2.70 (0.80)^

2.86 (0.74)@

Coordination

2.77 (0.68)

2.68 (0.57)*

2.93 (0.56)*#

2.68 (0.82)#

2.81 (0.68)

2.77 (0.72)

Coordination-information systems

3.00 (0.67)

2.83 (0.78)*#

2.89 (0.72)^

3.08 (0.55)*

2.95 (0.69)#

3.13 (0.60)^

Comprehensiveness-serv. available

2.99 (0.56)

2.85 (0.56)*#

3.13 (0.51)*^

2.97 (0.56)

2.81 (0.48)^@

3.03 (0.60)#@

Comprehensiveness-service used

2.86 (0.76)

2.80 (0.64)

2.97 (0.79)

2.77 (0.78)

2.81 (0.78)

2.88 (0.77)

Family-centeredness

3.01 (0.90)

3.01 (0.85)

3.17 (0.76)*

3.01 (0.97)

2.94 (0.97)

2.91 (0.95)*

Community Orientation

2.06 (0.82)

1.78 (0.71)*

2.32 (0.84)#^

1.77 (0.74)#@

1.76 (0.75)^$

2.31 (0.79)*@$

Cultural Competence

3.22 (0.65)

3.12 (0.80)*

3.20 (0.64)

3.20 (0.58)

3.11 (0.55)

3.31 (0.62)*

Total PCAT score

28.37 (4.52)

26.95 (3.94)*#

29.50 (4.53)*^@

27.75 (4.28)^

27.83 (4.71)@

28.96 (4.64)#

  1. Significance indicated at p < .05, based on Bonferroni post-hoc means test
  2. *, #, ^, @, $indicate the significant differences. Results with similar symbols indicate significant differences between settings