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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for hypertensive patients

From: Health service underutilization and its associated factors for chronic diseases patients in poverty-stricken areas in China: a multilevel analysis

Characteristics

Total (N = 1559)

Health service underutilization

Statistics

P-value

Yes (N = 274)

No (N = 1285)

Predisposing factors

 Age (years)

64.83 (9.20)

64.03 (8.60)

65.01 (9.31)

1.603

0.109

 Gender

   

4.465

0.035

  Female

1006 (64.53)

192 (70.07)

814 (63.35)

  

  Male

553 (35.47)

82 (29.93)

471 (36.65)

  

 Ethnicity

   

3.419

0.064

  Han

1160 (74.41)

216 (78.83)

944 (73.46)

  

  Minority

399 (25.59)

58 (21.17)

341 (26.54)

  

 Marital status

   

0.130

0.719

  Other

312 (20.01)

57 (20.80)

255 (19.84)

  

  Married

1247 (79.99)

217 (79.20)

1030 (80.16)

  

 Education attainment

   

2.259

0.024

  Primary school or below

964 (61.95)

186 (67.88)

778 (60.69)

  

  Junior high school

447 (28.73)

68 (24.82)

379 (29.56)

  

  Senior high school or above

145 (9.32)

20 (7.30)

125 (9.75)

  

Enabling factors

 Income level

   

2.828

0.005

  Low

540 (34.64)

121 (44.16)

419 (32.61)

  

  Middle

346 (22.19)

47 (17.15)

299 (23.27)

  

  High

673 (43.17)

106 (38.69)

567 (44.12)

  

 Medical insurance

   

9.985

0.019

  No

1 (0.06)

0 (0.00)

1 (0.08)

  

  Others

14 (0.90)

6 (2.19)

8 (0.62)

  

  URRMI

1508 (96.73)

266 (97.08)

1242 (96.65)

  

  UEBMI

36 (2.31)

2 (0.73)

34 (2.65)

  

 Regular source of care

   

11.042

0.001

  No

258 (16.58)

64 (23.36)

194 (15.13)

  

  Yes

1298 (83.42)

210 (76.64)

1088 (84.87)

  

 Distance to the nearest health facility

   

−0.553

0.580

  Less than one kilometer

960 (61.58)

165 (60.22)

795 (61.87)

  

  1-5 km

560 (35.92)

101 (36.86)

459 (35.72)

  

  More than 5 km

39 (2.50)

8 (2.92)

31 (2.41)

  

Need factors

 Self-reported health score

54.66 (22.22)

45.33 (21.11)

56.64 (21.96)

7.769

< 0.001