Table 1 The delivery of the community-based diabetes management services in Shandong, China
Characteristic | Total | Urban | Rural | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Types of PHIs providing the community-based diabetes management services, n (%), Column | ||||
 Township-level PHIs | 8 (12.7) | 4 (14.3) | 4 (14.3) | 0.17 |
 Village-level PHIs | 55 (87.3) | 24 (85.7) | 31 (88.6) |  |
 Number of health workers per 1000 population serviced by PHIs, mean ± SD | 1.46 ± 0.92 | 1.40 ± 0.80 | 1.51 ± 1.03 | 0.96 |
 Healthcare providers knowledge score on diabetes management delivery in PHIs, mean ± SD | 15.1 ± 1.1 | 15.3 ± 1.3 | 14.9 ± 1.0 | 0.34 |
The community-based diabetes management services provided by PHIs, n (%), Row | ||||
 Dietary control instruction | 63 (100) | 28 (100) | 35 (100) | – |
 Physical excise instruction | 63 (100) | 28 (100) | 35 (100) | – |
 Medicine use guide | 63 (100) | 28 (100) | 35 (100) | – |
 Blood glucose test | 63 (100) | 28 (100) | 35 (100) | – |