Table 2 A few basic statistical indicators

From: Survey data on Vietnamese propensity to attend periodic general health examinations

Characteristics

N

Percentage (%)

Health insurance

 Yes

1,700

82.21

 No

368

17.79

Time since most recent GHE

 Under 12 months

1,059

51.21

 12 months or more

493

23.84

 Unknown (not recalled)

516

24.95

Hesitation due to seeing GHE as a waste of money

 Yes

770

37.23

 No

1,298

62.77

Readiness due to health being considered top priority

 Yes

1,675

81.00

 No

393

19.00

Readiness due to sensitivity to health matters

 Yes

977

47.24

 No

1,091

52.76

Perception toward public health status

 Good

337

16.30

 Quite good

722

34.91

 Not good, problematic

749

36.22

 Unknown

260

12.57

Affordable GHE costs

 Less than VND 1 million

876

42.36

 VND 1–2 million

909

43.96

 Above VND 2 million

283

13.68

Ready to use IT applications

 Yes

871

42.12

 Maybe

721

34.86

 No

476

23.02

Take GHE if IT applications show health problems

 Yes

815

39.41

 Maybe

900

43.52

 No

353

17.07

Evaluation of GHE service quality

 From 1 to<2 points

60

2.90

 From 2 to<4 points

1,291

62.43

 From 4 to 5 points

717

34.67

  1. Table 2. gives descriptive statistics, namely number and frequency, for categorical variables.