Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the participants categorized by hospital level (n = 424)
Characteristics | Hospital level | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University hospital | Standard and advanced hospital | Community hospital | ||||||
Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | Count | % | |
Participants | 137 | 32.3 | 147 | 34.7 | 140 | 33.0 | 424 | 100.0 |
Age group | ||||||||
 60–69 years | 89 | 65.0 | 83 | 56.5 | 80 | 57.2 | 252 | 59.4 |
 70–79 years | 37 | 27.0 | 48 | 32.6 | 44 | 31.4 | 129 | 30.4 |
  ≥ 80 years | 11 | 8.0 | 16 | 10.9 | 16 | 11.4 | 43 | 10.2 |
Sex | ||||||||
 Male | 35 | 25.6 | 47 | 32.0 | 51 | 36.4 | 133 | 31.4 |
 Female | 102 | 74.4 | 100 | 68.0 | 89 | 63.6 | 291 | 68.6 |
Marital status | ||||||||
 Single | 20 | 14.6 | 4 | 2.7 | 4 | 2.9 | 28 | 6.6 |
 Married | 64 | 46.7 | 81 | 55.1 | 79 | 56.4 | 224 | 52.8 |
 Widowed | 33 | 24.1 | 49 | 33.3 | 47 | 33.6 | 129 | 30.4 |
 Divorced | 19 | 13.9 | 13 | 8.9 | 7 | 5.0 | 39 | 9.2 |
 Priest | 1 | .7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2.1 | 4 | 1.0 |
Medical service payment | ||||||||
 No use | 26 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .7 | 27 | 6.4 |
 Government reimbursements | 66 | 48.2 | 49 | 33.3 | 14 | 8.9 | 129 | 30.4 |
 Social Security | 5 | 3.6 | 2 | 1.4 | 1 | .7 | 8 | 1.9 |
 Universal Coverage (UC) | 40 | 29.2 | 96 | 65.3 | 125 | 86.7 | 260 | 61.3 |
Sufficiency income | ||||||||
 Insufficiency | 48 | 35.0 | 71 | 48.3 | 89 | 63.6 | 208 | 49.1 |
 Sufficiency | 89 | 65.0 | 76 | 51.7 | 51 | 36.4 | 216 | 50.9 |