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Table 2 Comparison of characteristics among patients in two districts

From: The willingness of patients to make the first visit to primary care institutions and its influencing factors in Beijing medical alliances: a comparative study of Beijing’s medical resource-rich and scarce regions

Characteristics

Total

(N = 1221)

N(%)

District D(N = 475)

N(%)

District F(N = 746)

N(%)

P Value

χ2 test

Gender

   

0.97

 Male

556(45.54)

216(45.47)

340(45.58)

 

 Female

665(54.46)

259(54.53)

406(54.42)

Age (years)

   

< 0.001

 0–20

4(0.33)

3(0.63)

1(0.13)

 

 21–40

200(16.38)

58(12.21)

142(19.03)

 41–60

578(47.34)

223(46.95)

355(47.59)

 61–80

414(33.91)

176(37.05)

238(31.9)

 81–100

25(2.05)

15(3.16)

10(1.34)

Registered permanent residence

   

0.67

 The city’s downtown

1075(88.04)

423(89.05)

652(87.4)

 

 The city’s suburbs

71(5.81)

26(5.47)

45(6.03)

 Out-of-town

75(6.14)

26(5.47)

49(6.57)

Average monthly medical Expense (yuan)

   

< 0.001

  < =300

408(33.42)

195(41.05)

213(28.55)

 

 301–500

317(25.96)

95(20)

222(29.76)

 501–800

264(21.62)

74(15.58)

190(25.47)

 801–1000

122(9.99)

50(10.53)

72(9.65)

  < 1000

110(9.01)

61(12.84)

49(6.57)

Health insurance

   

< 0.001

 UEBMI

639(52.33)

290(61.05)

349(46.78)

 

 URBMI

321(26.29)

133(28.00)

188(25.2)

 NRCMS

177(14.5)

16(3.37)

161(21.58)

 NMI

43(3.52)

24(5.05)

19(2.55)

 CI

13(1.06)

4(0.84)

9(1.21)

 Out of pocket

15(1.23)

3(0.63)

12(1.61)

Chronic disease status [24]

   

0.27

 No chronic disease

323(26.45)

134(28.21)

189(25.34)

 

 Any chronic disease

898(73.55)

341(71.79)

557(74.66)

  1. Note: willing/unwilling to make primary visit at the primary is a multiple choice of questions, so it is not necessary to make the χ2 test