The ecology of medical care in Shanghai

Table 2 Sample sizefor health-related symptom and healthcare seeking behaviors by demographic characteristics in Shanghai

	Report illness	Take treatment	Visit a medical institution	Visit a primary medical institution	Self-healing	TCM	Hospital stay	Surgery
Age
0–17 n = 1971	199	194	129	18	74	7	39	10
18–39 n = 4390	455	434	280	87	158	43	202	114
40–64 n = 8838	3671	3564	2273	1444	751	210	584	312
65–79 n = 6400	4283	4189	2882	2131	720	243	813	340
> = 80 n = 1599	1187	1154	796	606	201	70	269	55
Sex
Male n = 11032	4561	4437	2928	1965	865	198	853	355
Female n = 12166	5234	5098	3432	2321	1039	375	1054	476
Income
< 100000 n = 11437	5877	5730	3845	2763	1121	320	1126	462
100000–300000 n = 10493	3611	3512	2328	1425	731	236	711	337
300000–500000 n = 983	247	234	147	78	41	13	54	25
> 500000 n = 285	60	59	40	20	11	4	16	7
Register
In Shanghai n = 20281	8970	8734	5873	4025	1689	521	1713	731
Out Shanghai n = 2917	825	801	467	261	215	52	194	100
Insurance
Yes n = 22716	9656	9401	6270	4236	1870	568	1873	816
No n = 482	139	134	90	50	34	5	34	15

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