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Table 3 Single factor analysis influencing health service utilization

From: Exploring the factors influencing the use of health services by people with diabetes in Northwest China: an example from Gansu Province

 

Whether to use outpatient services

Whether to use inpatient services

n

%

χ2

P

n

%

χ2

P

Proposing factors

Sex

        

 Male

65

45.45

1.261

0.261

39

27.27

0.933

0.334

 Female

54

38.85

  

31

22.30

  

Ethnicity

        

 Han

115

44.23

5.643

0.017

68

26.15

3.165

0.075

 Minority

4

18.18

  

2

9.09

  

Age group

        

 15-

1

8.33

5.895

0.052

2

16.67

0.853

0.653

 45-

61

43.57

  

33

23.57

  

 65-

57

43.85

  

35

26.92

  

Household doctor

        

 Yes

96

45.28

7.256

0.027

55

25.94

0.824

0.662

 No, but understand

4

16.67

  

6

25.00

  

 No, but do not understand

19

41.30

  

9

19.57

  

Physical examination

        

 Yes

95

49.22

12.370

< 0.001

53

27.46

2.281

1.131

 No

24

26.97

  

17

19.10

  

Enabling factors

Location

        

 Urban

16

21.33

18.237

< 0.001

27

36.00

6.840

0.009

 Rural

103

49.76

  

43

20.77

  

Health care insurance

        

 UEBMIa

85

40.28

4.635

0.099

45

21.33

6.256

0.044

 Other

29

44.62

  

22

33.85

  

 None

5

83.33

  

3

50.00

  

Distance

        

 ≤ 1 km

70

37.63

4.666

0.031

43

23.12

0.851

0.356

 > 1 km

49

51.04

  

27

28.13

  

Time

        

 ≤ 15 min

92

40.17

2.046

0.153

55

24.02

0.423

0.515

 > 15 min

27

50.94

  

15

28.30

  

Need factors

Self-assessment of health statusb

        

 Quintile 1

4

50.00

5.713

0.222

3

37.50

12.578

0.014

 Quintile 2

6

31.58

  

7

36.84

  

 Quintile 3

49

41.88

  

38

32.48

  

 Quintile 4

57

46.72

  

21

17.21

  

 Quintile 5

3

1875

  

1

6.25

  

Physical pain

        

 No problems

65

38.46

2.415

0.120

29

17.16

13.271

< 0.001

 Medium or serious problems

54

47.79

  

41

36.28

  

Anxiety or depression

        

 No problems

88

96.21

6.334

0.012

48

21.05

9.069

0.003

 Medium or serious problems

31

57.41

  

22

40.74

  

Number of NCDsc

        

 1

36

35.29

3.322

0.190

16

15.69

17.285

< 0.001

 2

59

47.20

  

29

23.20

  

 3 or more

24

43.64

  

25

45.45

  

Type of diabetes

        

 1

1

11.11

3.725

0.155

2

22.22

2.001

0.368

 2

101

42.98

  

62

26.38

  

 No clear

17

44.74

  

6

15.79

  

Frequency of diabetes medication use

        

 Regular dosing

103

47.91

12.615

0.002

56

26.05

0.962

0.618

 Occasionally

13

26.53

  

11

22.45

  

 Never

3

16.67

  

3

16.67

  
  1. aUEBMI refers to Urban Employees Basic Medical Insurance
  2. bQuintile 1 is the poorest and Quintile 5 is the wealthiest
  3. c1 means patients with diabetes only; 2 means people with diabetes suffer from another chronic disease; 3 or more means people with diabetes with two or more chronic diseases
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