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Table 3 Patient and institutional characteristics associated with individual and total primary care attributes (N = 864)

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

 

First contact-utilization

First contact-access

Ongoing care

Coordination

Coordination-information systems

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

CONSTANT

3.64** (0.23)

2.87** (0.25)

2.53** (0.27)

2.72** (0.25)

2.85** (0.24)

SETTING (Ref: CHC)

 Secondary hospital

−0.01 (0.05)

−0.11* (0.06)

−0.21** (0.06)

−0.08 (0.06)

−0.03 (0.05)

 Tertiary hospital

0001 (0.06)

−0.10 (0.07)

−0.21** (0.07)

−0.11 (0.07)

0.06 (0.07)

Sex (Ref: Female)

 Male

−0.14** (0.04)

−0.14** (0.05)

−0.09 (0.05)

−0.03 (0.05)

−0.12** (0.05)

Age (Ref: ≥65)

 45 ~ 64

−0.2** (0.07)

0.02 (0.08)

−0.05 (0.08)

−0.05 (0.08)

−0.17* (0.07)

 18 ~ 44

−0.21** (0.08)

0.08 (0.09)

−0.14 (0.09)

−0.01 (0.09)

−0.27** (0.08)

  ≤ 18

−0.12 (0.10)

0.14 (0.11)

−0.25* (0.11)

−0.05 (0.11)

−0.24* (0.10)

Marital status (Ref.: single)

 Married

0.01 (0.06)

0.04 (0.07)

−0.14* (0.07)

−0.10 (0.07)

−0.11 (0.06)

Location (Ref.: Rural)

 Urban

0.11* (0.07)

0.20* (0.08)

0.26** (0.08)

0.14 (0.08)

0.34** (0.08)

Migrant (Ref.: Yes)

 No

−0.03 (0.05)

−0.05 (0.05)

0.01 (0.05)

−0.06 (0.05)

−0.08 (0.05)

Education (Ref.: Middle school)

 High school

−0.12 (0.06)

0.02 (0.07)

−0.07 (0.07)

0.04 (0.06)

0.03 (0.06)

 Technical/college

0.08 (0.06)

0.20** (0.07)

0.10 (0.07)

0.17* (0.07)

0.14* (0.06)

  ≥ Undergraduate

0.05 (0.08)

0.16 (0.09)

0.04 (0.09)

0.04 (0.09)

0004 (0.08)

Occupation (Ref.: Unemployed)

 Farmer

0.05 (0.08)

0.15 (0.08)

−0.04 (0.09)

0.10 (0.08)

−0.09 (0.08)

 Worker

−0.06 (0.06)

−0.05 (0.06)

−0.11 (0.07)

−0.04 (0.06)

−0.09 (0.06)

Insurance (Ref.: Uninsured)

 Rural

0.27** (0.07)

0.59** (0.08)

0.32** (0.08)

0.42** (0.08)

0.51** (0.07)

 Urban

0.10 (0.06)

0.12 (0.07)

0.13 (0.07)

0.12 (0.07)

0.15* (0.06)

 Other

−0.21** (0.10)

0.14 (0.11)

0.07 (0.12)

−0.02 (0.11)

0.06 (0.10)

Income (Ref.: Low)

 Median

−0.13* (0.06)

−0.13 (0.07)

0.01 (0.07)

−0.08 (0.07)

0001 (0.07)

 High

−0.30** (0.08)

−0.29** (0.09)

−0.04 (0.09)

−0.21* (0.09)

−0.04 (0.08)

Health status (Ref.: Fair/poor)

 G/VG/E

0.02 (0.05)

−0.06 (0.05)

0.09 (0.05)

0.13* (0.05)

0.11* (0.05)

Chronic conditions (Ref.: No)

 Yes

−0.25** (0.06)

−0.19** (0.06)

0.05 (0.06)

−0.06 (0.06)

−0.03 (0.06)

Adjust R square

0.091

0.120

0.120

0.069

0.122

N

864

864

864

864

864

 

Comprehensiveness-services available

Comprehensiveness-service used

Family-centeredness

Community orientation

Cultural competence

Total PCAT score

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

B (SE)

CONSTANT

2.98** (0.21)

3.02** (0.28)

3.27** (0.33)

2.35** (0.29)

2.68 (0.24)

28.92** (1.58)

SETTING (Ref.: CHC)

 Secondary hospital

−0.24** (0.05)

−0.09 (0.06)

−0.04 (0.08)

−0.54** (0.07)

−0.14 (0.05)

−1.50** (0.36)

 Tertiary hospital

−0.06 (0.06)

−0.08 (0.08)

0.06 (0.09)

−0.51** (0.08)

0.004 (0.07)

−0.95* (0.44)

Sex (Ref.: Female)

 Male

−0.08 (0.04)

−0.08 (0.05)

−0.12 (0.06)

−0.04 (0.05)

−0.11 (0.05)

−0.94** (0.30)

Age (Ref.: ≥65)

 45 ~ 64

0.02 (0.06)

−0.04 (0.09)

−0.09 (0.10)

−0.06 (0.09)

0.03 (0.07)

−0.60 (0.49)

 18 ~ 44

0.02 (0.07)

−0.05 (0.10)

−0.05 (0.12)

−0.01 (0.10)

−0.04 (0.08)

−0.69 (0.55)

  ≤ 18

0.10 (0.09)

−0.15 (0.12)

0.21 (0.14)

−0.18 (0.12)

−0.06 (0.10)

−0.60 (0.67)

Marriage (Ref.: Single)

 Married

0.01 (0.05)

−0.05 (0.07)

−0.01 (0.09)

−0.16* (0.07)

0.10 (0.06)

−0.41 (0.41)

Location (Ref.: Rural)

 Urban

−0.08* (0.07)

0.02 (0.09)

−0.08 (0.11)

−0.05 (0.09)

−0.10 (0.07)

0.76 (0.50)

Migrant (Ref.: Yes)

 No

−0.05* (0.04)

−0.07 (0.06)

−0.1 (0.07)

−0.12* (0.06)

0.08 (0.05)

−0.47 (0.31)

Education (Ref.: ≤Middle school)

 High school

0.04 (0.05)

0.01 (0.07)

−0.04 (0.09)

0.004 (0.07)

−0.01 (0.06)

−0.11 (0.41)

 Technical/college

0.10 (0.05)

0.13 (0.07)

0.17 (0.09)

0.20** (0.07)

0.07 (0.06)

1.36** (0.41)

  ≥ Undergraduate

0.07 (0.07)

0.03 (0.10)

0.09 (0.12)

−0.02 (0.10)

−0.02 (0.08)

0.44 (0.55)

Occupation (Ref.: Unemployed)

 Farmer

0.06 (0.07)

0.15 (0.09)

0.30** (0.11)

0.13 (0.10)

−0.15 (0.08)

0.67 (0.53)

 Worker

0.02 (0.05)

0.01 (0.07)

0.09 (0.08)

−0.04 (0.07)

−0.14 (0.06)

−0.40 (0.40)

Insurance (Ref.: Uninsured)

 Rural

0.26 (0.06)

0.32** (0.09)

0.32** (0.1)

0.18* (0.09)

−0.01 (0.07)

3.17** (0.49)

 Urban

0.21** (0.06)

0.20** (0.08)

0.22* (0.09)

0.22** (0.08)

0.09 (0.06)

1.56** (0.42)

 Other

0.20** (0.09)

0.06 (0.12)

0.08 (0.14)

0.24* (0.12)

−0.11 (0.10)

0.52 (0.68)

Income (Ref.: Low)

 Median

−0004 (0.06)

−0.04 (0.08)

−0.06 (0.09)

0.03 (0.08)

0.16 (0.07)

−0.24 (0.44)

 High

−0.02 (0.07)

−0.17 (0.10)

−0.20 (0.12)

−0.23* (0.10)

0.19 (0.08)

−1.31* (0.55)

Health status (Ref.: Fair/poor)

 G/VG/E

0.06 (0.04)

0.13* (0.06)

0.14* (0.07)

0.23** (0.06)

0.24 (0.05)

1.09** (0.32)

Chronic condition (Ref.: No)

 Yes

0.06 (0.05)

−0.11 (0.07)

−0.14 (0.08)

0.07 (0.07)

0.11 (0.06)

−0.49 (0.38)

Adjust R square

0.061

0.043

0.078

0.153

0.065

0.147

N

864

864

864

864

864

864

  1. *p < .05, **p < .01