Table 3 Behavior deviations of chronic disease patients who are willing to visit primary health care institutionsa
Variables | Total | Single chronic disease | Multimorbidity | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No Deviation (%) | Deviation (%) | χ2 | P-value | No Deviation (%) | Deviation (%) | χ2 | P-value | No Deviation (%) | Deviation (%) | χ2 | P-value | |
Predisposing factors | ||||||||||||
Sex | 5.110 | 0.024 | 1.028 | 0.311 | 5.483 | 0.019 | ||||||
Male | 180(54.22) | 152(45.78) | 114(56.72) | 87(43.28) | 66(50.38) | 65(49.62) | ||||||
Female | 441(61.59) | 275(38.41) | 270(60.95) | 173(39.05) | 171(62.64) | 102(37.36) | ||||||
Age | 12.833 | 0.002 | 4.606 | 0.100 | 11.374 | 0.003 | ||||||
35–59 | 266(53.85) | 228(46.15) | 187(55.65) | 149(44.35) | 79(50.00) | 79(50.00) | ||||||
60–69 | 248(62.47) | 149(37.53) | 142(63.96) | 80(36.04) | 106(60.57) | 69(39.43) | ||||||
70–75 | 107(68.15) | 50(31.85) | 55(63.95) | 31(36.05) | 52(73.24) | 19(26.76) | ||||||
Education | 12.179 | 0.007 | 3.901 | 0.272 | 16.755 | 0.001 | ||||||
Illiteracy | 250(65.10) | 134(34.90) | 136(61.82) | 84(38.18) | 114(69.51) | 50(30.49) | ||||||
Elementary school | 220(58.51) | 156(41.49) | 142(59.92) | 95(40.08) | 78(56.12) | 61(43.88) | ||||||
Middle school | 115(54.25) | 97(45.75) | 81(60.45) | 53(39.55) | 34(43.59) | 44(56.41) | ||||||
High school or higher | 36(47.37) | 40(52.63) | 25(47.17) | 28(52.83) | 11(47.83) | 12(52.17) | ||||||
Marital status | 0.499 | 0.480 | 0.266 | 0.606 | 0.206 | 0.650 | ||||||
Others (single,divorced,widowed and separated) | 60(56.07) | 47(43.93) | 31(56.36) | 24(43.64) | 29(55.77) | 23(44.23) | ||||||
Married | 561(59.62) | 380(40.38) | 353(59.93) | 236(40.07) | 208(59.09) | 144(40.91) | ||||||
Enabling factors | ||||||||||||
Healthcare expenditure in the previous year | 143.103 | < 0.001 | 99.264 | < 0.001 | 57.830 | < 0.001 | ||||||
< 3,000 | 477(71.84) | 187(28.16) | 324(71.68) | 128(28.32) | 153(72.17) | 59(27.83) | ||||||
3,000–4,999 | 61(52.14) | 56(47.86) | 28(40.58) | 41(59.42) | 33(68.75) | 15(31.25) | ||||||
5,000–9,999 | 53(40.46) | 78(59.54) | 24(33.33) | 48(66.67) | 29(49.15) | 30(50.85) | ||||||
> = 10,000 | 30(22.06) | 106(77.94) | 8(15.69) | 43(84.31) | 22(25.88) | 63(74.12) | ||||||
Medical insurance | 8.596 | 0.003 | 6.622 | 0.010 | 2.261 | 0.133 | ||||||
UEBMI | 10(33.33) | 20(66.67) | 5(29.41) | 12(70.59) | 5(38.46) | 8(61.54) | ||||||
URRBMI | 611(60.02) | 407(39.98) | 379(60.45) | 248(39.55) | 232(59.34) | 159(40.66) | ||||||
Convenience of medical cost reimbursement | 19.550 | < 0.001 | 13.361 | 0.004 | 8.978 | 0.030 | ||||||
No reimbursed | 61(45.86) | 72(54.14) | 43(48.31) | 46(51.69) | 18(40.91) | 26(59.09) | ||||||
Inconvenient | 49(51.04) | 47(48.96) | 26(52.00) | 24(48.00) | 23(50.00) | 23(50.00) | ||||||
Convenient | 129(57.08) | 97(42.92) | 85(54.49) | 71(45.51) | 44(62.86) | 26(37.14) | ||||||
Very convenient | 382(64.42) | 211(35.58) | 230(65.90) | 119(34.10) | 152(62.30) | 92(37.70) | ||||||
Need factors | ||||||||||||
PHC visits due to illness | 34.206 | < 0.001 | 17.723 | < 0.001 | 17.088 | < 0.001 | ||||||
No | 144(45.71) | 171(54.29) | 95(47.50) | 105(52.50) | 49(42.61) | 66(57.39) | ||||||
Yes | 477(65.08) | 256(34.92) | 289(65.09) | 155(34.91) | 188(65.05) | 101(34.95) | ||||||
Polypharmacy | 3.052 | 0.081 | 0.399 | 0.528 | 4.355 | 0.037 | ||||||
No | 444(57.66) | 326(42.34) | 327(59.13) | 226(40.87) | 117(53.92) | 100(46.08) | ||||||
Yes | 177(63.67) | 101(36.33) | 57(62.64) | 34(37.36) | 120(64.17) | 67(35.83) | ||||||
Need of guidance on health issues | 0.025 | 0.873 | 0.138 | 0.710 | 0.498 | 0.480 | ||||||
No | 192(58.90) | 134(41.10) | 119(60.71) | 77(39.29) | 73(56.15) | 57(43.85) | ||||||
Yes | 429(59.42) | 293(40.58) | 265(59.15) | 183(40.85) | 164(59.85) | 110(40.15) | ||||||