Table 2 Associations between rural disposable income per capita, education levels, the chronic illness prevalence rate and the medical consultation rate/hospitalization rate.
The medical consultation rate | The hospitalization rate | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
β (95% CI) | SE | P | β (95% CI) | SE | P | |
Rural disposable income per capita | 0.008 (0.005, 0.011) | 0.0002 | 0.000 | 0.001 (0.0004, 0.0014) | 0.0002 | 0.000 |
High school education or higher (%) | − 2.58 (− 4.252, 0.884) | 0.859 | 0.003 | − 0.197 (− 0.441, 0.046) | 0.124 | 0.113 |
Chronic illness prevalence rate | 1.667 (0.903, 2.431) | 0.389 | 0.000 | 0.024 (− 0.092, 0.141) | 0.596 | 0.681 |
