How patients think about social responsibility of public hospitals in China?

Table 2 Characteristics of sampled patients and hospitals

Characteristic	Number	Percentage (%)
Patient characteristics (5385 patients in total) ^a
Age
Younger than 65 years	3933	78.2
65 years or older	1099	21.8
Sex
Male	2505	47.1
Female	2813	52.9
Insurance
UEBMI	2179	42.8
Other than UEBMI	2401	47.1
No insurance	517	10.1
Visit category
Outpatient	2723	52.0
Inpatient	2509	48.0
Hospital characteristics (48 hospitals in total)
Region
Eastern	15	31.3
Central	16	33.3
Western	17	35.4
Hospital size ^b
Large	12	25.0
Medium	19	39.6
Small	17	35.4

^a Because of missing data, the sum of each category may not equal to the total number of patients (n = 5385)
^b Hospital size was determined by the number of beds: large = at least 500 beds; intermediate = 100–500 beds; small = under 100 beds

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