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Table 1 BPG availability among hospitals in Shandong Province in 2012

From: Availability of benzathine penicillin G for syphilis treatment in Shandong Province, Eastern China

Variables

Total (N = 429)

BPG

Yes

No

X2, p value

Level

   

9.747, 0.008

 Provincial hospitals (n, %)

19 (4.4)

13 (68.4)

6 (31.6)

 

 Municipal hospitals (n, %)

96 (22.4)

52 (54.2)

44 (45.8)

 

 County–level hospitals (n, %)

314 (73.2)

128 (40.8)

186 (59.2)

 

Types

   

37.167, 0.000

 Specialized dermatological hospitals (n, %)

37 (8.6)

30 (81.1)

7 (18.9)

 

 General western medicine hospitals (n, %)

224 (52.2)

112 (50.0)

112 (50.0)

 

 Maternal and child health hospitals (n, %)

78 (18.2)

21 (26.9)

57 (73.1)

 

 Chinese medicine hospitals (n, %)

57 (13.3)

20 (35.1)

37 (64.9)

 

 Other specialized hospitals (n, %)

33 (7.7)

10 (30.3)

23 (69.7)

 

Affiliation

   

0.002, 0.567

 Public hospitals (n, %)

407 (94.9)

183 (45.0)

224 (55.0)

 

 Private hospitals (n, %)

22 (5.1)

10 (45.5)

12 (54.5)

 

Dermatology department

   

64.920, 0.000

 Yes (n, %)

197 (45.9)

130 (66.0)

67 (34.0)

 

 No (n, %)

232 (54.1)

63 (27.2)

169 (72.8)