Skip to main content

Table 1 Characteristics of sample population

From: Do patients bypass primary care for common health problems under a free-access system? Experience of Taiwan

Year

2000

2005

2010

2015

2017

N = 1,000,000

%

%

%

%

%

Sex

 Male

50.6

50.3

49.8

49.6

49.6

 Female

49.4

49.7

50.3

50.4

50.4

Age

  < 18

24.0

21.1

18.0

15.5

14.6

 18 ~ 64

66.6

68.4

70.6

70.8

70.4

  > =65

9.4

10.6

11.4

13.7

15.0

Socioeconomic status, NTD

  < 20,000

31.8

24.8

13.2

0.5

0.2

 20,000-39,999

24.8

25.6

36.4

47.4

47.4

  ≥ 40,000

12.2

19.0

20.7

24.3

25.6

 Farmers and fishers

14.9

13.7

12.1

10.3

9.5

 Others

16.4

16.9

17.6

17.6

17.4

Comorbidities

 Diabetes

1.1

1.8

2.4

4.0

4.4

 Hyperlipidemia

1.1

2.4

4.3

8.0

8.7

 Hypertension

2.5

3.6

4.7

7.0

7.6

 Coronary artery disease

1.0

1.3

1.6

2.2

2.2

 Cerebrovascular disease

0.6

0.7

0.8

1.3

1.1

 COPD

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.8

0.8

 Asthma

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.7

0.7

 Chronic liver disease

0.7

0.9

1.0

1.6

2.0

 Chronic kidney disease

0.3

0.3

0.4

1.0

1.5