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Table 1 Health facility types and individual patients’ characteristics (N = 4071)

From: Assessing a national policy on strengthening chronic care in primary care settings of a middle-income country using patients’ perspectives

 

N

Hospital NCD clinic n = 1160

Trained upgraded PCU n = 1822

Upgraded PCU n = 757

Ordinary PCU n = 332

p-value

Female

2980

74.66

73.48

72.2

69.49

0.26

Age, mean (SD)

4071

58.73 (22.21)

60.76 (18.11)

53.17 (25.63)

59.5 (20.58)

< 0.001

Educational attainment

  < =Primary

331

79.31

80.01

85.83

89.76

< 0.001

 Secondary

633

17.4

17.06

12.58

8.43

 

 Bachelor

109

3.29

2.93

1.59

1.81

 

Chronic diseases

 Diabetes

553

16.47

13.01

12.15

9.94

< 0.001

 Hypertension

1988

35.00

52.94

57.20

55.72

 

 Diabetes and hypertension

1529

48.53

34.05

30.65

34.34

 

Duration of disease, mean (SD)

4071

9.39 (7.51)

8.34 (7.07)

7.39 (6.87)

7.08 (6.42)

0.002

Knew about family doctor name

2306

64.51

50.58

59.18

57.23

< 0.001

Knew provider name

2418

49.87

69.48

50.53

57.83

< 0.001

Communication Channel

 No

2952

73.85

67.00

77.75

89.09

< 0.001

 Phone

849

19.65

25.74

16.16

9.70

 

 Line

47

1.13

1.21

1.19

0.91

 

 Others

210

5.37

6.05

4.90

0.30

 

 Same doctor

2699

49.40

71.06

72.26

85.84

< 0.001

Health Insurance status

 Universal Coverage Scheme; UC

3353

74.91

82.55

89.83

90.36

< 0.001

 Social security scheme; SSS

174

7.16

2.58

3.83

4.52

 

 Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme; CSMBS

379

14.48

9.06

5.02

2.41

 

 Others

165

3.45

5.82

1.32

2.71

 

CCM score, Median (IQR)

 Patient activation

4071

−0.04 (1.62)

0.14 (1.13)

− 0.004 (1.49)

0.21 (1.40)

< 0.001

 Delivery

4071

0.01 (1.44)

0.16 (0.89)

−0.05 (1.28)

0.23 (1.18)

 

 Goal setting

4071

−0.03 (1.46)

0.16 (0.99)

−0.04 (1.46)

0.22 (1.28)

 

 Problem solving

4071

0.01 (1.25)

0.15 (0.83)

0.001 (1.10)

0.20 (0.97)

 

 Follow-up

4071

−0.08 (1.38)

0.05 (1.40)

−0.11 (1.60)

0.03 (1.57)

 

5A score, median (IQR)

 Assess

4071

−0.08 (1.38)

0.12 (1.08)

−0.08 (1.43)

0.14 (1.11)

 

 Advise

4071

−0.03 (1.40)

0.14 (0.93)

−0.07 (1.38)

0.23 (1.13)

 

 Agree

4071

−0.02 (1.35)

0.16 (0.95)

−0.04 (1.33)

0.20 (1.13)

 

 Assist

4071

−0.04 (1.58)

0.15 (1.07)

−0.05 (1.62)

0.20 (1.28)

 

 Arrange

4071

−0.08 (1.36)

0.14 (1.00)

−0.03 (1.38)

0.20 (1.02)